inferior
n. countablen. someone who has a lower rank or less importance than another person in a group or company. It is often used in work or military settings to describe people who follow orders.
n. a person lower than another in rank, status, or ability. Often used in hierarchical contexts such as military or corporate structures to denote subordinates.
He treats his inferior with respect and kindness.
The manager was criticized for the way he spoke to his inferior during the staff meeting.
In a strictly hierarchical society, an inferior was expected to show deference to those of higher social standing through specific gestures and forms of address.
Borrowed from Latin īnferior (“lower in situation or place”), comparative of īnferus (“below, underneath”).
Often used in the plural ('inferiors') or in contrast with 'superior'.
He is more inferior than meHe is inferior to meWhen used as an adjective or noun of comparison, it takes the preposition 'to' rather than 'than'.