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Wife, nag dismissing husband being inferior (5)

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worse

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(Other definitions for worse that I've seen before include "Opposite of better" , "More serious" , "Less good" , "More severe; less well" , "Of poorer quality" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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