Lower-ranking

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  lower-ranking \lower-ranking\ adj.
     inferior in rank or status.
  
     Syn: junior-grade, inferior, lower, lowly, petty(prenominal),
          secondary, subaltern, subordinate.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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