as in resigned
receiving or enduring without offering resistance
the union rank and file were surprisingly passive about the givebacks in the new labor contract
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Recent Examples of passive
Afterwards, fingers were pointed at Unai Emery’s general setup, regarded as passive, lacking intent and inviting second-half pressure that left them susceptible to City scoring late.
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Sam Lee, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Fischer designed Playmaker in a way that student-athletes can choose between passive and active methods of getting seen.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
The passive soaring wing design included buzzards, hawks, eagles and storks and they are spread out allowing these birds to effectively use thermals to gain altitude without having to use energy to flap their wings.
—Ernie Cowan, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
Understanding LinkedIn post psychology transforms passive readers into active participants.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Sam Lee, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Fischer designed Playmaker in a way that student-athletes can choose between passive and active methods of getting seen.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
The passive soaring wing design included buzzards, hawks, eagles and storks and they are spread out allowing these birds to effectively use thermals to gain altitude without having to use energy to flap their wings.
—Ernie Cowan, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
Understanding LinkedIn post psychology transforms passive readers into active participants.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for passive
Adjective
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His resigned air in the press conference felt like a man who had too much to juggle to cross over the line first.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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In recent weeks, a number of artists canceled planned appearances and resigned positions associated with the center.—
Julia Jacobs,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Where Chelsea’s domestic overseers have been largely acquiescent to their accounting ingenuity, the same can’t be said abroad.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Netanyahu appears convinced that his country’s security, along with his own political survival, depends on prolonging the military offensives and keeping both Gaza and Lebanon ungovernable, and therefore acquiescent.—
Mohanad Hage Ali,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Nov. 2024
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“Passive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passive. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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