LOWER RANK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lower rank mean? 

• LOWER RANK (noun)
  The noun LOWER RANK has 1 sense:

1. the state of being inferior

  Familiarity information: LOWER RANK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOWER RANK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being inferior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

inferiority; lower rank; lower status

Hypernyms ("lower rank" is a kind of...):

low status; lowliness; lowness (a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lower rank"):

backseat (a secondary or inferior position or status)

shade (a position of relative inferiority)

subordinateness; subsidiarity (secondary importance)

 Context examples 

Of lower rank, degree, or importance; of reduced size, extent, or degree; more limited in quantity.

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