Examples of 'subordinate' in a sentence

Meaning of "subordinate"

subordinate (adjective) - Lower in rank or position; submissive, obedient, or under the authority of another
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  • Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
  • Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
  • dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
  • Descending in a regular series.

How to use "subordinate" in a sentence

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Legitimate refusal by a subordinate to commit acts of torture.
To subordinate prisoners to the military or police authorities.
It can also issue subordinate technical regulations.
Subordinate indicators of the stance of monetary policy.
Other criteria should be subordinate to this principle.
The subordinate merely finds another spot.
But neither does he subordinate one to the other.
Subordinate commissions are appointed by the superior commission.
The leader and a subordinate are former policemen.
Subordinate conjunctions introduce dependent clauses only.
Development policy is not subordinate to other policies.
The subordinate relationship did not last long.
The males appear to be subordinate to that female.
Subordinate to these ministerial departments are executive agencies.
Secret meetings with a subordinate female officer.

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A subordinate can only challenge a direct superior.
At times these explanations subordinate aesthetic description.
Specifies instrument to which it is most immediately subordinate.
It can totally subordinate all sense of reason.
I rarely eat out alone with a subordinate.
Excluding subordinate recognised and designated places.
Judges are independent and subordinate only to law.
A subordinate of the invaders while this is your country.
These local committees were subordinate to regional committees.
I tried to poison you to keep you subordinate.
It functions to subordinate clauses referring to future time.
Safety issues play only a subordinate role.
He expected his subordinate commanders to do the same.
You chose a brave and wise subordinate.
The officer is a subordinate of the provincial governor.
But that cooperation can not be subordinate.
We have been subordinate to our limitations until now.
Funding generally designated as a subordinate equity interest.
An ElGamal subordinate keypair is also created for encryption.
They also keep women in subordinate roles.
Bring a subordinate down to check out this location.
He has sent this pale subordinate here.
They are subordinate to any engagement agreement.
Despite the admonitions of his subordinate officers.
He says his subordinate wrote the report.
I am blessed to have such a capable subordinate around.
You are his subordinate and that is all.
He may be assisted by one or more subordinate auditors.
Investments may be subordinate to other financing arrangements.
Sick benefits were administered by the subordinate lodges.
But you ordered a subordinate to commit a felony.
I am neither your subject nor your subordinate.
They are used to being subordinate to bears and wolves.
Those attaching afterward are said to be junior or subordinate.
Means she was not subordinate to the firm.

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