Least
Least adjective - The superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree.
Subordinate and least are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Subordinate" instead an adjective "Least".
Subordinate
Subordinate adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.
Least and subordinate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Least" instead an adjective "Subordinate".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Whenever Touhou introduces another superior/subordinate pair of characters there are inevitably at least a few fics that depict them as this trope, helped along by one of them being canon (Eirin/Kaguya, see below).
Source: Subordinate Excuse -
After all, from several hints dropped during the campaign, both factions are at least theoretically subordinate to the authority of the Emperor in Kaineng Center.
Source: Video Game / Guild Wars -
At least once, a member of a crime family bows to another member - his subordinate, no less.
Source: We All Live in America
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