subservient (B2)
adjective
Definition
subservient means useful in an inferior capacity. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.
Examples
The writer described the response as subservient.
A subservient tone can change the mood of a conversation.
The situation became subservient after the announcement.
How to Use subservient
- subservient + noun (collocation)
- Use subservient before a noun to describe that quality. — "The writer described a subservient reaction."
- become subservient (collocation)
- Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — "The discussion became subservient near the end."
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