Lacking in energy or will.
The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb.
Peacefully resistant in response to injustice.
1 Experts agree that passive safety is a good idea but urge caution.
2 The Congress government, however, is no passive hostage in this political drama.
3 The passive voice has been used repeatedly: a lot has been said.
4 The key problem might be the totally passive nature of its protagonist.
5 I wait, and leave myself open, passive , to whatever this experience means.
6 These passive preflex responses aid animals to move swiftly through complex terrain.
7 But it's not going to work for passive businesses, only growth ones.
8 In 2017, engaging with the media is not longer a passive process.
9 While circumstances conspire against them, they are not presented as passive victims.
10 Every passenger feels the need to say something facetiously passive - aggressive in response.
11 Perhaps the difference is that games are active rather than passive media.
12 In the one we see passive wisdom, in the other militant force.
13 However, we would like to set the record straight concerning passive smoking.
14 But in the intellect there are two powers-theactive and the passive .
15 When lobotomies were commonplace, its victims became passive and easy to handle.
16 But redemption pressures on large passive investors could exacerbate any market selloff.
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