Poor
Poor adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Subordinate and poor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Subordinate" instead an adjective "Poor".
Subordinate
Subordinate adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.
Poor and subordinate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Poor" instead an adjective "Subordinate".
Both words in one sentence
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Poor Communication Kills: Watanabe consistently fails to tell his family he's dying, or that he's seeing a former subordinate.
Source: Film / Ikiru -
Neck Lift: In "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore", Oscar gabs the neck of a subordinate police officer, picking him up and holding the poor guy against the wall for listening in on Fujiko and Zenigata having sex.
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In The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret , Todd suspects that his subordinate Dave has stolen his entire inventory.
Source: Suspect Is Hatless
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