καταδεής · katadeēs — LSJ
wanting in, lacking, needy, sorry, shabby, under
wanting in, lacking, c. gen., χρημάτων κ. ἀγγήϊα Hdt. 2.121.βʹ: abs., of persons, needy, v.l. for ἐπιδεής, D. 10.36; κ. τάφος a sorry, shabby burial, Pl. Lg. 719e; κ. τὴν ἡλικίαν under age, POxy. 54.2 (iii A. D.).
2 weaker, inferior
more freq. in Comp., καταδεέστερος weaker, inferior, Isoc. 2.7, D. 27.2, Phld. Piet. 7, etc.; καταδεέστερός τινος τῷ τάχει, πρὸς τὸ φρονεῖν, Isoc. 3.5, 5.18, cf. Thphr. Char.Prooem. 3.
II very ill off
Adv. -δεῶς, mostly in Comp., καταδεέστερον Isoc. 5.84, 6.67; -τέρως Id. 12.37; -τέρως ἔχειν περί τι to be very ill off in a thing, D. 48.55; τῶν ἀντιδίκων -τέρως ἔχειν πρὸς τὸ λέγειν Arist. Rh.Al. 1442a16.