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What is the adjective for subordinators?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb subordinate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

subordinate
  1. Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
  2. Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by, authority.
  3. (grammar) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “He confined himself to the necessary but irksome expositions required by his subordinate rank.”
      “That issue is subordinate to our primary concern.”
      “But at the same time, these covenants are stated to be minor and subordinate, and not going to the essence of the contract, nor to the whole of the consideration.”
subordinative
  1. Tending to subordinate; expressing subordination.
  2. (grammar) Used to introduce a subordinate sentence.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The guide below will help you figure out how to strip a subordinative verb to its stem.”
      “Should a subordinative system even entertain the idea of normative opt-outs?”
      “Mobile communication is simultaneously additive and subordinative and operates somewhat independent of formal language constructs.”
subordinated
subordinating
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