adjective

1. lower in space; placed lower down
2. low or lower in order, status, rank, etc.; subordinate
3. lower in quality or value than: with to
4. poor in quality; below average
5. Anat. located below or directed downward
6. Astron. designating or of planets between the earth and the sun
7. Bot. having the sepals, petals, and stamens attached at the apex: said of the ovary of an epigynous flower
8. Printing placed below the type line, as 2 in NO

Etymology: ME < L, compar. of inferus, low, below < IE *ṇdheros < base *ṇdhos, under

noun