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junior
Used to distinguish a son from his father when they have the same given name.
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  1. Used to distinguish a son from his father when they have the same given name.
  2. Of more recent position or lower status
  3. Lower in rank or shorter in length of tenure:
minor
Based on the scale pattern of the minor mode
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  1. Based on the scale pattern of the minor mode
  2. (Music) Designating an imperfect interval smaller than the corresponding major interval by a semitone
  3. Characterized by minor intervals, scales, etc.
underling
One of lesser rank or authority than another; a subordinate.
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  1. One of lesser rank or authority than another; a subordinate.
  2. A subordinate, or person of lesser rank or authority.
junior
A size and style of clothing designed for teens and young women, cut to fit smaller in the bust and hips than regular women's clothing
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  1. A size and style of clothing designed for teens and young women, cut to fit smaller in the bust and hips than regular women's clothing
  2. A person lesser in rank or time of participation or service; subordinate.
  3. A student in the third year of a US high school or college.
subaltern
(Brit.) A subaltern officer
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  1. (Brit.) A subaltern officer
  2. (Logic) A particular proposition that follows from a universal with the same subject, predicate, and quality.
  3. (Chiefly British) An officer holding a military rank just below that of captain.
assistant
A thing that aids
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  1. A thing that aids
  2. One that assists; a helper.
  3. A person who assists or serves in a subordinate position; helper
helper
A person or thing that helps; esp., an assisting worker who is more or less unskilled
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  1. A person or thing that helps; esp., an assisting worker who is more or less unskilled
  2. One who helps; an aide.
  3. (Singapore) A person who does cleaning and cooking in a family, or in a market.
aide
An aide-de-camp.
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  1. An aide-de-camp.
  2. An assistant; a helper:
inferior
Lower in space; placed lower down
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  1. Lower in space; placed lower down
  2. Low or lower in quality, value, or estimation:
  3. Low or lower in order, status, rank, etc.; subordinate
smaller
Comparative form of small: more small
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  1. Comparative form of small: more small
sub
A prefix that means “underneath or lower” (as in subsoil ), “a subordinate or secondary part of something else” (as in subphylum. ), or “less than completely” (as in subtropical. )
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  1. A prefix that means “underneath or lower” (as in subsoil ), “a subordinate or secondary part of something else” (as in subphylum. ), or “less than completely” (as in subtropical. )
low
Lacking strength or vigor; weak:
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  1. Lacking strength or vigor; weak:
  2. Cut to show the wearer's neck and chest; décolleté:
  3. Relatively small. Used of a cost, price, or other value:
baser
Comparative form of base: more base
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  1. Comparative form of base: more base
insignificant
Lacking power, position, or value; worthy of little regard.
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  1. Lacking power, position, or value; worthy of little regard.
  2. Not significant; not important, consequential, or having a noticeable effect.
  3. Low in position, character, etc.; mean
subnormal
(Computing theory) denormal
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  1. (Computing theory) denormal
  2. Less than normal.
paltry
Lacking in importance or worth.
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  1. Lacking in importance or worth.
  2. Marked by meanness or lack of generosity; contemptible:
  3. Very small or inadequate in amount; negligible:
lower
Denoting the larger and usually more representative house of a bicameral legislature.
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  1. Denoting the larger and usually more representative house of a bicameral legislature.
  2. (Biology) Less complex in organization or having traits similar to those of organisms that evolved earlier in the history of life on Earth.
  3. Physically situated below a similar or comparable thing:
subject
Contingent or dependent:
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  1. Contingent or dependent:
  2. Being in a position or in circumstances that place one under the power or authority of another or others:
  3. Likely to incur or receive; exposed:
subservient
That is useful, helpful, or of service, esp. in an inferior or subordinate capacity
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  1. That is useful, helpful, or of service, esp. in an inferior or subordinate capacity
  2. Useful in an inferior capacity.
  3. Willing to obey or serve because of being in a lower position; submissive
submissive
Meekly obedient or passive.
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  1. Meekly obedient or passive.
  2. Inclined or willing to submit.
  3. Having or showing a tendency to submit without resistance; docile; yielding
subsidiary
Being in a secondary or subordinate relationship
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  1. Being in a secondary or subordinate relationship
  2. Serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary.
  3. Giving aid, support, service, etc.; serving to supplement; auxiliary
accessory
Extra; additional; helping in a secondary or subordinate way
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  1. Extra; additional; helping in a secondary or subordinate way
  2. (Law) Involving the knowing assistance of a lawbreaker in the commission of a crime without actual participation in the crime.
  3. (Geol.) Occurring in minor amounts in a specified rock; nonessential
auxiliary
Designating or of any of the noncombat ships, as tankers or tenders, that form the service fleet of a navy
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  1. Designating or of any of the noncombat ships, as tankers or tenders, that form the service fleet of a navy
  2. Acting in a subsidiary, or subordinate, capacity
  3. Held in or used as a reserve:
ancillary
Of secondary importance; subordinate:
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  1. Of secondary importance; subordinate:
  2. Auxiliary; collateral; dependant; supplemental; subordinate. Auxiliary; collateral; dependant; supplemental; subordinate.
  3. Auxiliary or accessory:
inferior
Lower in space; placed lower down
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  1. Lower in space; placed lower down
  2. Low or lower in quality, value, or estimation:
  3. Low or lower in order, status, rank, etc.; subordinate
junior
Intended for or including youthful persons:
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  1. Intended for or including youthful persons:
  2. Of more recent position or lower status
  3. Lower in rank or shorter in length of tenure:
lesser
Smaller, less, or less important
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  1. Smaller, less, or less important
  2. Smaller in amount, value, or importance, especially in a comparison between two things:
  3. Of a smaller size than other, similar forms:
low
Having a pitch corresponding to a relatively small number of sound-wave cycles per second.
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  1. Having a pitch corresponding to a relatively small number of sound-wave cycles per second.
  2. Ranked near the beginning of an ascending series or scale:
  3. Relatively small. Used of a cost, price, or other value:
lower
(Biology) Less complex in organization or having traits similar to those of organisms that evolved earlier in the history of life on Earth.
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  1. (Biology) Less complex in organization or having traits similar to those of organisms that evolved earlier in the history of life on Earth.
  2. Denoting the larger and usually more representative house of a bicameral legislature.
  3. Physically situated below a similar or comparable thing:
minor
Based on the scale pattern of the minor mode
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  1. Based on the scale pattern of the minor mode
  2. (Music) Designating an imperfect interval smaller than the corresponding major interval by a semitone
  3. Characterized by minor intervals, scales, etc.
minor-league
(US) Of or pertaining to a minor league
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  1. (US) Of or pertaining to a minor league
  2. (Sports) Relating or belonging to a minor league.
  3. Of relatively minor importance
petty
Narrow-minded or ungenerous, especially in trifling matters:
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  1. Narrow-minded or ungenerous, especially in trifling matters:
  2. Relatively low in rank; subordinate
  3. Of small importance; trivial:
secondary
(Geol.) Formed as a result of the alteration, disintegration, or erosion of preexisting rocks or minerals
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  1. (Geol.) Formed as a result of the alteration, disintegration, or erosion of preexisting rocks or minerals
  2. Second or lower in rank or importance; not primary:
  3. Relating to or derived from either of the lateral meristems (the cork cambium or the vascular cambium ) of vascular plants. For example, secondary xylem in a stem is produced by the vascular cambium, as opposed to primary xylem produced by the apical meristem during the original growth of the stem from a seedling.
small
Little in size, esp. when compared with others of the same kind; not large or big; limited in size
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  1. Little in size, esp. when compared with others of the same kind; not large or big; limited in size
  2. Consisting of relatively few units; numerically low
  3. Being below average in quantity or extent:
subaltern
(Brit.) Holding an army commission below that of captain
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  1. (Brit.) Holding an army commission below that of captain
  2. (Logic) Designating a proposition that is implied by another proposition but does not imply it
  3. Subordinate; of lower rank
under
Less than is required or customary:
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  1. Less than is required or customary:
  2. Located or situated on a lower level or beneath something else:
  3. Lower in rank, power, or authority; subordinate.
smalltime
Insignificant or unimportant; minor:
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  1. Insignificant or unimportant; minor:
collateral
Secondary; subordinate; supplemental. Secondary; subordinate; supplemental. Property, including accounts, contract rights, and chattel paper, that is subjected to a security interest in exchange for credit or as security for a debt. Indirect; on a parallel or diverging line.
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  1. Secondary; subordinate; supplemental. Secondary; subordinate; supplemental. Property, including accounts, contract rights, and chattel paper, that is subjected to a security interest in exchange for credit or as security for a debt. Indirect; on a parallel or diverging line.
  2. Accompanying or existing in a subordinate, corroborative, or indirect relationship
  3. Coinciding in tendency or effect; concomitant or accompanying.
dependent
Relying (on another) for support or aid
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  1. Relying (on another) for support or aid
  2. Relying on or requiring the aid or support of another:
  3. Compulsively using a drug or other substance or engaging in a given behavior and unable to stop without experiencing withdrawal or other significant physiological or psychological symptoms:
subject
Prone; disposed:
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  1. Prone; disposed:
  2. Likely to incur or receive; exposed:
  3. Contingent or dependent:
subservient
That is useful, helpful, or of service, esp. in an inferior or subordinate capacity
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  1. That is useful, helpful, or of service, esp. in an inferior or subordinate capacity
  2. Willing to obey or serve because of being in a lower position; submissive
  3. Useful in an inferior capacity.
inferior
(Printing) An inferior character, such as the number 2 in CO2.
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  1. (Printing) An inferior character, such as the number 2 in CO2.
  2. A person lower in rank, status, or accomplishment than another.
junior
A size and style of clothing designed for teens and young women, cut to fit smaller in the bust and hips than regular women's clothing
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  1. A size and style of clothing designed for teens and young women, cut to fit smaller in the bust and hips than regular women's clothing
  2. A person of lower standing or rank
  3. A student in the third year of a US high school or college.
secondary
Relating to an organic molecule, such as an alcohol, in which the functional group is attached to a secondary carbon.
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  1. Relating to an organic molecule, such as an alcohol, in which the functional group is attached to a secondary carbon.
  2. Relating to or derived from either of the lateral meristems (the cork cambium or the vascular cambium ) of vascular plants. For example, secondary xylem in a stem is produced by the vascular cambium, as opposed to primary xylem produced by the apical meristem during the original growth of the stem from a seedling.
  3. (Zool.) A secondary feather
subaltern
A person who is marginalized and oppressed by the dominant culture, especially in a colonial context.
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  1. A person who is marginalized and oppressed by the dominant culture, especially in a colonial context.
  2. A person who is lower in position or rank; a subordinate.
  3. (Logic) A particular proposition that follows from a universal with the same subject, predicate, and quality.
underling
One of lesser rank or authority than another; a subordinate.
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  1. One of lesser rank or authority than another; a subordinate.
  2. A person in a subordinate position; inferior: usually contemptuous or disparaging
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  • He put on the air of a subordinate who obeys without reasoning.

  • The authorship of the epistles is in many cases a matter of subordinate importance; at least for Protestants or for those surrendering Bible infallibility, which Rome can hardly do.

  • I consider myself fortunate to have such a subordinate by me.

  • Much has been done of late years to make these subordinate standards of reformed doctrine more generally known.

  • The subordinate standards have been numerous, though marked by striking agreement in the main body of Christian doctrine which they set forth.

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