Passive
Passive adjective - Receiving or enduring without offering resistance.
Usage example: the union rank and file were surprisingly passive about the givebacks in the new labor contract
Unresistant and passive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unresistant" instead an adjective "Passive".
Unresistant
Unresistant adjective - Lacking protection from danger or resistance against attack.
Usage example: a weakened immune system that rendered him unresistant to pneumonia
Passive and unresistant are semantically related. You can use "Passive" instead an adjective "Unresistant".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- docile and passive
- docile and unresistant
- tolerant and passive
- tolerant and unresistant
- amenable and passive
- amenable and unresistant
- compliant and passive
- compliant and unresistant
- acquiescent and passive
- acquiescent and unresistant
- submissive and passive
- submissive and unresistant
- obedient and passive
- obedient and unresistant
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