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passive
Part of speech: AdjectiveSuffering without resisting; not acting but acted upon; as, a passive disposition; submissive; in grammar, indicating that form of the transitive verb which asserts that the subject is acted upon.
Part of speech: Noun Usage examples "passive":- During the struggle, Golah's son was prevented from interfering in behalf of his father, by the black slaves who had been so long the victims of his cruel care; while the brother- in- law, as well as Fatima and the third wife, remained passive spectators of the scene. - "The Boy Slaves", Mayne Reid.
- Already my passive dislike had grown into an active aversion. - "Mr. Marx's Secret", E. Phillips Oppenheim.
- Even as she lay passive in his arms, Hetty denied him. - "The Hollow of Her Hand", George Barr McCutcheon.