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   underling

   /ˈʌndəlɪŋ/

   noun

   • 1. a person lower in status or rank: derogatory "she was shouting orders at underlings between gulps of coffee"

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   What does underling mean?

   • Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Can you solve 4 words at once? Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of UNDERLING is one who is under the orders of another : subordinate, inferior.

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   Why did he surrounded himself with underlings?

   • She surrounded herself with underlings who were too afraid of her to answer back. And he did it not just to underlings, but to people whom you would otherwise think of as his peers. The downfall of the chiefs was followed by loss of prestige among their underlings, the village headmen.

   UNDERLING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Are We kicking back and putting the burden on underlings?

   • Most of us are not kicking back and placing the burden on underlings. She has tried to deal with bad press by either ignoring it or deploying underlings to attack her critics. He whiles away the hours doing what underlings do: looking mean and standing in place, pretending to guard something.

   UNDERLING | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   How do underlings find their boss?

   • An underling at a large company could locate his boss by seeing which room she last visited. If anything, his books are meditations what flawed people do with the power they have, or what underlings do when they get (or take) control. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › underlingUNDERLING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   An underling is a person of low rank and little authority who works for someone more important. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, see related words and phrases, and hear the pronunciation.

   • English (US)

     UNDERLING meaning: 1. a person of low rank and little...

   • Znaczenie Underling, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     underling definicja: a person of low rank and little...

   • Simplified

     UNDERLING translate: 手下，走卒，喽啰，下属. Learn more in the...

   • Portuguese Translation

     underling translate: subalterno, -a. Learn more in the...

4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › underlingUnderling Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   : one who is under the orders of another : subordinate, inferior. Synonyms. inferior. junior. subordinate. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of underling in a Sentence. He takes all the credit, but most of the hard work is done by his underlings. the real estate tycoon has a whole army of underlings to attend to the details.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › underlingUNDERLING | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   An underling is a disrespectful term for a person of low rank and little authority who works for someone more important. Learn how to use this word in sentences, find synonyms and contrast it with irony.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › underlingUnderling - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

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   an assistant subject to the authority or control of another. synonyms: foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary. see more. a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise. a subordinate who performs an important but routine function.

7. www.thefreedictionary.com › underlingUnderling - definition of underling by The Free Dictionary

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   An underling is a subordinate or a person of lower rank or authority than another. Find the word history, translations, and related words of underling in this online dictionary.

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   An underling is a subordinate or lackey, especially one of slight importance. Learn the origin, usage, and synonyms of this word, and see how it is used in sentences from various sources.

9. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › underlingUNDERLING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   An underling is someone who is inferior in rank or status to someone else and takes orders from them. Learn more about the word origin, usage and synonyms of underling from Collins Dictionary.