subservient
/səbˈsɜːviənt/ adjectiveDefinition
› willing to do what another person, organization, etc. wants, and considering your aims or wishes to be less important than those of others: a subservient position/rolesubservient to sb/sth Critics say the Federal Aviation Agency remains subservient to the airline industry.
(Definition of subservient adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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