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The prefix "sub" means below or beneath (as in "submarine" - below the sea) or inferior to (as in "subordinate" - of a lower rank or position)

The word "subclassified" is the past tense of the verb "subclassify". The suffix "ify" is used to form a verb from the noun "subclass".

Thus "subclassify" is formed from the noun "class" - the prefix "sub" denotes an inferior class, and the suffix "ify" forms the verb.

To subclassify is therefore to place into an inferior class(ification).

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