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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. inferior in rank or status;
- Example: "the junior faculty"
- Example: "a lowly corporal"
- Example: "petty officialdom"
- Example: "a subordinate functionary"
[syn: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

lower-ranking \lower-ranking\ adj.
   inferior in rank or status.

   Syn: junior-grade, inferior, lower, lowly, petty(prenominal),
        secondary, subaltern, subordinate.
        [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lower-ranking
    adj 1: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a
           lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
           functionary" [syn: junior-grade, lower-ranking,
           lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern]