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ferior

ferior adjective: not inferior, superior.

Adjective

ferior (comparative more ferior, superlative most ferior)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Not inferior, superior.
    • - just that I was
      >somehow rather inferior.
      It's sad that we have had to endure false lessons such as these, Terry. :(
      You are VERY ferior in MY book!
      Superior, too. :) As in a class act, a decent person, a warmly caring person.1997 June 4, “To Terry (Was Re: Left Behind)”, in alt.abuse.recovery (Usenet)
    • The arbitrary leaders pick their teams from the ranks of the ferior and inferior, usually in descending order.1994 June 21, “The dreamlike quality of periodicity.”, in talk.bizarre (Usenet)

Examples of ferior in a sentence

  • Many are placed in less than ferior (sic) locations.2001 August 21, “****”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet):
  • They are vastly conceited individuals whom view themselves as especially intellectually and morally ferior to everyone whom does not embrace their particuliar utopianism.2003 January 25, “The Genocidal Rise of Communism Continues”, in soc.culture.israel (Usenet):
  • Resolve yourself like most of the known world to living with slightly less than ferior inkjet/ lambda or 1/2 a dozen other types of cloned digital outputs.2003 June 11, “Kodak has discontinued R-3000 chemicals..”, in rec.photo.darkroom (Usenet):

Forms of ferior

comparativemore ferior
superlativemost ferior

Origin of ferior

Back-formation from inferior by reanalysis as in- + ferior.

Questions about ferior

What does ferior mean?
Ferior means not inferior, superior.
How do you use ferior in a sentence?
Many are placed in less than ferior (sic) locations.
What part of speech is ferior?
Ferior is an adjective.

Words near ferior in the dictionary

  1. Feringies
  2. Feringis
  3. Feringy
  4. ferinstance
  5. Ferio
  6. ferior
  7. Ferison
  8. ferity
  9. Ferizaj
  10. Feričanci
  11. ferk

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