Inferior Articles

• a projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture

• tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar

• make lacework by knotting or looping

• a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first

• 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

• an indefinitely short time

• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield

• a particular point in time

• following the first in an ordering or series

• a 60th part of a minute of arc

• the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match

• a speech seconding a motion

• the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle

• merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name

• in the second place

• coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude

• give support or one's approval to

• transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment

• having undesirable or negative qualities

• feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

• that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency

• with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')

• very much; strongly

• serious or severe

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition

• not capable of being collected

• below average in quality or performance

• nonstandard

• not financially safe or secure

• physically unsound or diseased

• capable of harming

• characterized by wickedness or immorality

• reproduced fraudulently

• not working properly