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It is typically used to refer to a subordinate or someone of lower rank in a hierarchy. Example: "The manager often overlooked the contributions of his underlings."
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Underling
noun
A subordinate, or person of lesser rank or authority.
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The unswerving belief in the absolute importance of fashion and acquisition above all else on the planet is cleverly contrasted with the suffering and bewilderment of the underling.
Columnists and bloggers even call for army bosses to fall on their swagger sticks.Ashfaq Kayani, the now sullen-faced head of the armed forces, and his more exposed underling, Ahmad Shuja Pasha, who runs the main military spy outfit, the Inter-Services Intelligence directorate (ISI), are unused to such cheek.
It is a safe bet, moreover, that the SPD will hit him during the campaign with the taunt that he is a candidate for "half-chancellor", since he is careful not to rule out a quickish mid-term handover to a Christian Democratic underling.
The delicate issue here is that the head of compliance is the deputy governor, Mr Fukui's underling.
The chief inspector in that film sends his underling out of Grace Kelly's apartment with a piece of evidence (her handbag), only after warning that the underling will be arrested if he walks out in the open looking like that.
"If there is an upside to today's news, it may be that this kitchen sinking prepares the ground for a real turnaround, whilst also underling the determination of the new Chief Executive to make his mark – and quickly.
Underling his desire to make the church's outlook more international, the eight cardinals meeting hail from Australia, Chile, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Germany, Honduras, India, Italy and the US.
He is listed elsewhere as a secretary in the Brotherhood, but he writes in the tone of an underling.
Jonathan Martin Hampden-Sydney Collegeege alum," "enjoys long walks on beach" — plays the put-upon underling.
On second thought, the lawmaker said, he had no memory of the signing, and perhaps it was done by a staff underling.
Christine, a rising executive played by Rachel McAdams, alternately nurtures, betrays, humiliates and makes passes at Isabelle (Noomi Rapace), her spooked, passive (or perhaps passive-aggressive) underling.
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