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infer v. deduce, derive, draw, conclude, understand, gather, surmise,
guess, assume: From the evidence, I infer that you were not at
home last night.
inference n. deduction, conclusion, understanding, surmise, assumption,
presumption: If this man's father is my father's son, the
inference is that this man is my nephew.
inferior adj. 1 lower, nether: We descended into the inferior regions
of the cavern. The numeral in H2O is called an inferior
character. 2 lesser, lower, subordinate, secondary, junior,
minor, unimportant, insignificant, lowly, subservient, humble,
servile: He occupies an inferior position in the company. 3
poor, bad, low-quality, mediocre, indifferent, imperfect,
defective, second-rate, second-class, substandard, low-grade,
shoddy, gimcrack, Colloq grotty, junky, crummy or crumby, lousy,
Slang crappy, Brit naff: They tried to market an inferior
product, but it was rejected by consumers.
--n. 4 subordinate, underling, junior, menial, lackey, flunkey,
dogsbody, cat's-paw, doormat, stooge, yes-man, lickspittle,
bootlicker: She is tired of being treated as an inferior.
inferiority
n. 1 unimportance, insignificance, lowliness: The inferiority
of his position rankled with him. 2 inadequacy, deficiency,
insignificance, unimportance, worthlessness: Do not confuse
modesty with a sense of inferiority. 3 shoddiness,
imperfection, mediocrity: Consumers are not fooled by the
inferiority of a product for long.
infernal adj. 1 hellish, underworld, nether, Hadean: Virgil was Dante's
guide in the infernal regions. 2 devilish, diabolic(al),
demonic(al), demoniac(al), fiendish, satanic, Mephistophelian;
damnable, damned, execrable, malicious, malevolent, maleficent,
wicked, evil, iniquitous, flagitious, villainous, heinous, dire,
sinister, dreadful: She tells everyone that there is an
infernal plot against her.
infertile adj. sterile, barren, infecund, unproductive, unfruitful,
non-productive: The stony, infertile earth yielded only cactus
and scrub grass.