underling
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of underling
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
On Tuesday, he held a press conference to announce relatively minor news that could have been delivered by an underling: He intended to move U.S.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025
Previously known for: The U.K. version of “The Office,” as Ricky Gervais’ droll underling Tim and “The Hobbit” trilogy in the role of heroic Bilbo Baggins.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2024
What kind of terrible employer has an underling borrow against his own home to cover up his boss’s sordid lies and extra-marital affairs?
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2024
These genetic variants also appeared to be deleterious to protein function suggesting that disruption of lysosomal activity may be underling the development of Parkinson's disease combined with pesticide exposure.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024
Inside he was quaking with fear, but outside he gave the Keeper as cold and imperious a look as El Patron had ever mustered to terrify an underling.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
