Exceptional and Subordinate

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Exceptional adjective - Being out of the ordinary.

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Subordinate is an antonym for exceptional.

Subordinate adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.

Usage example: his contention is that environment plays a subordinate role to heredity in determining what we become

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Exceptional is an antonym for subordinate.

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