Deficiency in some desirable quality; lack of worth or excellence; inferiority, inadequacy. Also: an instance of this.
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释义 | the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [noun] (51) poornessa1382 Deficiency in some desirable quality; lack of worth or excellence; inferiority, inadequacy. Also: an instance of this. chaffc1386 In various figurative or allusive contexts, from sense 1 (Cf. Matthew iii. 12, etc.) cold roast?1406 something of little account (see roast, n.). arse-guta1413 the rectum. short end1560 (a) plural odds and ends (cf. end, n. 6c); (b) see quot. 1844; (c) a remnant of cloth; (d) U.S. slang, the inferior part or share (of something)… under-kind1571 A subspecies; an inferior or lower kind. inferior1589 A thing inferior to another; something of less amount, subordinate importance, etc.; †also formerly (in plural), things of this lower world… canvas-back1605 A back of a garment made of canvas; hence figurative a reverse much inferior to the front. underthing1620 A lower or inferior thing. under-sort1655 (under-, prefix1 affix 3a(b).) wasteling1750 = waster, n.1 6a. slouch1767 Originally U.S. slang. A poor, indifferent, or inefficient thing, place, person, etc. Chiefly in the negative phrase no slouch of (something); also… shamea1771 colloquial. A thing which is shockingly ugly or indecent, or of disgracefully bad quality. neck beefa1777 figurative. Anything inferior or cheap. Obsolete. rare. rep1786 An inferior example of something; a worthless article. wastrel1790 = waster, n.1 6. An article of bad or imperfect workmanship, rejected as unserviceable or not saleable at the full price. wastera1800 Something rejected as waste. An article of faulty or inferior manufacture. shoddy1862 transferred and figurative. Worthless material made to look like what is of superior quality; what is worthless and pretentious in art… piece1884 U.S. regional. A poor or unsatisfactory specimen of something. tinhorn1887 A poor or contemptible person, esp. one who is pretentious or flashy; spec. one who gambles for low stakes. robbo1897 A horse and trap, esp. one in a ramshackle condition; the driver or hirer of one of these. In extended use: an inferior, substandard, or decrepit… cheapie1898 Something cheap (senses 1a, 4a and 5a); a thing of little value or of poor quality. spec. a film, book, etc., produced on a low budget… buckeye1906 figurative. Used attributively and absol. of an inferior person or thing, esp. one of no value, poor quality, or cheap (but often showy). colloquial. reach-me-down1916 In extended use: a stock, derivative, or inferior idea, work, etc. dog1917 Denoting a person or thing (with varying degrees of contempt or admiration). slang (originally U.S.). A thing of poor quality; something worthless… stinkeroo1934 Something of a very low standard; a very bad performance. Also, a furore or ‘stink’. bodgie1964 A ‘bodgie’ thing; something shoddy, unreliable, or of dubious origin. cheapo1975 = cheapie, n. Subcategories:— plural (3) — a reverse much inferior to the front (1) — not the best quality (1) — mark indicating that which is not first rate (1) — second rate (4) — very (1) — fourth-class mark (1) — most (4) — subservient (4) — subsidiary (2) — position (1) |
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