undersecretary

British  

/ ˌʌndəˈsɛkrətrɪ /

noun

1. 1. any of various senior civil servants in certain government departments

   2. short for undersecretary of state: any of various high officials subordinate only to the minister in charge of a department

2. (in the US) a high government official subordinate only to the secretary in charge of a department

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Other Word Forms

• undersecretaryship noun

Example Sentences

Emil Michael, undersecretary at the Pentagon for research and engineering, has been quick to note that tech companies are the ones scraping the internet for user data.

From The Wall Street Journal

Elbridge Colby, undersecretary of defense for policy, wrote that it’s in the national interest to “seek to reduce civilian harm to the degree possible.”

From Salon

“They have to re-earn the trust, be reliable, prove to us they could be a long-term partner,” Emil Michael, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, told media outlet Pirate Wires.

From The Wall Street Journal

Emil Michael, the undersecretary of war for research and engineering, shared a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, earlier Thursday noting that mass surveillance is already illegal under the Fourth Amendment.

From The Wall Street Journal

He served as a naval officer and as deputy undersecretary of the Navy and is the author of “Mayday” and “Seablindness.”

From The Wall Street Journal