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inf.

inf. is the abbreviation of inferior.

inf. is the abbreviation of informal.

inf. is the abbreviation of infinitive.

inf. is the abbreviation of infantry.

Meaning of inferior

Adjective

inferior (comparative more inferior, superlative most inferior)

  1. Lower in rank, status, or quality.
    • Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.
    1. Of low rank, standard or quality.
      • an inferior officer
    2. (of a court or tribunal) Susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court.
    3. Denoting goods or services which are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, for example second-hand clothes.
  2. Situated further below (another part of the body), a direction that in humans corresponds to caudad.
  3. Situated in a relatively low posterior or ventral position in a quadrupedal body.

See all 13 meanings of inferior

Meaning of informal

Adjective

informal (comparative more informal, superlative most informal)

  1. Not formal or ceremonious.
    • an informal get-together
  2. Not in accord with the usual regulations.
    • an informal agreement
  3. Suited for everyday use.
    • informal clothes
  4. Reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage.
    • When I returned to the movie Ghilli, a Kollywood classic (Kollywood being the informal name for Tamil cinema) that I loved as a kid, I couldn’t help but question why the story continues romantically, without question, after the heroine is slapped by the supposed love of her life.2025 August 14, Saranka Maheswaran, “Cheer up, Ice Cube, your War of the Worlds movie may be really bad, but it’s not worthless”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    colloquial
  5. Not organized; not structured or planned.

Questions about inf.

What is inf. the abbreviation of?
Inf. is the abbreviation of inferior.

Words near inf. in the dictionary

  1. ineyes
  2. ineying
  3. Inez
  4. inezia
  5. INF
  6. inf.
  7. infacility
  8. infact
  9. infair
  10. infairness
  11. infairs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: inf. (page history and authors); inferior (page history and authors); informal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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