subservient

Definition

Useful in an inferior capacity.

Etymology

From Latin subserviens, present active of subservio (“I serve under”).

Example Sentences

• "Sansa takes her place as ruler of the North, a free and independent land no longer subservient to anywhere else. And Arya does what she’s always done best: Make her own way, literally leaving everything she knows behind to see what’s over the next horizon."

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