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subservient

[ suhb-sur-vee-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
  2. excessively submissive; servile; obsequious:

    subservient persons;

    subservient conduct.

  3. useful in promoting a purpose or end.


subservient

/ 蝉蓹产藞蝉蓽藧惫瑟蓹苍迟 /

adjective

  1. obsequious in behaviour or attitude
  2. serving as a means to an end
  3. a less common word for subordinate
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 蝉耻产藞蝉别谤惫颈别苍迟濒测, adverb
  • 蝉耻产藞蝉别谤惫颈别苍肠别, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉耻产路蝉别谤路惫颈路别苍肠别 [s, uh, b-, sur, -vee-, uh, ns], 蝉耻产路蝉别谤路惫颈路别苍路肠测 [s, uh, b-, sur, -vee-, uh, n-see], noun
  • 蝉耻产路蝉别谤路惫颈路别苍迟路濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍路蝉耻产路蝉别谤路惫颈路别苍迟 adjective
  • un路蝉耻产路蝉别谤路惫颈路别苍迟路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of subservient1

First recorded in 1625鈥35; from Latin subservient- (stem of 蝉耻产蝉别谤惫颈脓苍蝉, present participle of 蝉耻产蝉别谤惫墨谤别 鈥渢o serve as a subordinate鈥; subserve ), equivalent to sub- prefix meaning 鈥渦nder, below, beneath, etc.鈥 + servi-, stem of 蝉别谤惫墨谤别 鈥渢o serve鈥 + -ent noun and adjective suffix; sub-, serve, -ent
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of subservient1

C17: from Latin 蝉耻产蝉别谤惫颈脓苍蝉 complying with, from 蝉耻产蝉别谤惫墨谤别 to subserve
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Example Sentences

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"We have a very subservient U.S. Congress, led by Republicans that, quite frankly, are not exercising their authority as a coequal branch of government in holding this White House accountable," Veasey said.

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It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.

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"This technology is utterly meaningless without the artist at the centre of it; the technology needs to ultimately be subservient to the artist," says Mr Talukdar.

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"It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies," Marks said in a resignation letter obtained by media outlets.

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The secondary goal of the Trump-McGregor tryst was to undermine the government of a small nation that is almost entirely dependent on U.S. trade, and is clearly considered insufficiently subservient and overly woke.

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