Dependent and Younger

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Dependent adjective - Extending freely from a support from above.

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Younger and dependent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Younger" instead an adjective "Dependent".

Younger adjective - Used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father.

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Dependent and younger are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dependent" instead an adjective "Younger".

He didn't have to raise his younger brother, but it's been acknowledged that Havok wouldn't be so dependent on him (nor Cyclops so eager to save him from himself) if their parents hadn't been abducted by aliens.

Source: Comicbook / Cyclops
This seems to be largely dependent on age: "On Top of Old Smoky" was once a legitimately popular song that played frequently on American radio stations, but many younger children now seem to know the parodies much better (likely because they grew up with them).

Source: Redundant Parody
Dandelion, the soft-spoken former violinist of the Garland Globetrotters, reveals himself as the leader of the Bloody Mantis, founding the criminal organization to exact revenge against a technology-dependent society for the death of his younger brother Chicory.

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