Average
Average adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.
Subordinate and average are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Subordinate" instead an adjective "Average".
Subordinate
Subordinate adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.
Average and subordinate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Average" instead an adjective "Subordinate".
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Kirponos himself seems to have been an average commander, though his erstwhile subordinate Konstantin Rokossovskiy later suggested that he may actually have been somewhat subpar.
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