underling
noun
un·der·ling
ˈən-dər-liŋ 
: one who is under the orders of another : subordinate, inferior
Examples of underling in a Sentence
He takes all the credit, but most of the hard work is done by his underlings.
the real estate tycoon has a whole army of underlings to attend to the details
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While this is intentionally a casual Friday dress office, these are very bespoke underlings, but only one, glaringly, is dressed to vibrant excess, if not success.
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Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 8 Oct. 2024
From his prison cell at Corcoran, witnesses testified at Chavez’s trial, Estrada controlled a network of underlings who collected money and sold drugs in nearly every prison yard in California.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
Davis saw Poor Devil, as the project was renamed, as an inversion of It’s a Wonderful Life: A bumbling but lovable underling in the afterlife attempts to earn a promotion — only not by saving a good man but by convincing one to sell his soul.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
Netanyahu dismissed the reports by his underlings and a warning from the Egyptian government.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
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Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 8 Oct. 2024
From his prison cell at Corcoran, witnesses testified at Chavez’s trial, Estrada controlled a network of underlings who collected money and sold drugs in nearly every prison yard in California.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
Davis saw Poor Devil, as the project was renamed, as an inversion of It’s a Wonderful Life: A bumbling but lovable underling in the afterlife attempts to earn a promotion — only not by saving a good man but by convincing one to sell his soul.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
Netanyahu dismissed the reports by his underlings and a warning from the Egyptian government.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
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“Underling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underling. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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underling
noun
un·der·ling
ˈən-dər-liŋ
: one who is under the orders of another : subordinate
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