completely subordinate

Frequency: 7.04.1 per million words

to fully place something in a lower rank or position

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Examples (20)

  • The success of the project was completely subordinate to the manager's approval.
  • The needs of the individual are completely subordinate to those of the state.
  • In that organization, all junior staff are completely subordinate to their supervisors.
  • In this organizational structure, the marketing department is completely subordinate to the CEO.
  • The needs of the individual are completely subordinated to the interests of the group.
  • His personal ambitions were completely subordinate to the success of the project.
  • His personal ambitions were completely subordinate to his family's well-being.
  • The junior staff are completely subordinate to their immediate supervisors.
  • The military command structure ensures that all units are completely subordinate to the general.
  • The captain's authority was completely subordinate to that of the admiral.
  • She felt her own opinions were completely subordinate to her husband's.
  • Under the new regime, all local councils became completely subordinate to the central government.
  • The new policy made all departmental decisions completely subordinate to central administration.
  • She felt her own creative ideas were completely subordinate to the director's vision.
  • For him, artistic expression was completely subordinate to commercial success.
  • The subsidiary company is completely subordinate to its parent corporation.
  • The subsidiary company's operations are completely subordinate to the parent company's directives.
  • In ancient Rome, the citizen's will was completely subordinate to the emperor's decree.
  • In this hierarchical system, every employee is completely subordinate to the one above them.
  • The research team acknowledged that their findings were completely subordinate to the larger study.