Important
Important adjective - Having great meaning or lasting effect.
Subordinate is an antonym for important.
Subordinate
Subordinate adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.
Both words in one sentence
- Mortadelo y Filemón were originally a pair of detectives- with Filemón being the self-important boss and Mortadelo being the incompetent subordinate who would mess things up in every strip.
Source: The Artifact / Comic Books -
The elected president sometimes appears to be making significant decisions on his own, other times he seems completely subordinate to the "Supreme Leader" and his council of clerics who are given veto power over most important decisions.
Source: Puppet King -
The Crapsack World finale had Vic skating on jail time for everything while leaving his subordinate to take the blame (and the resulting prison sentence, assuming he isn't killed while awaiting trial), when Ronnie was not even deemed important enough to be told of many of Vic's crimes.
Source: Series / The Shield
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