unresisting
Adjective: Offering no resistance; passive; submissive. Describes a person, group, or thing that does not fight back, oppose, or struggle against force, pressure, or authority.
The adjective "unresisting" is used to describe a state of passive acceptance or submission. It often carries a connotation of helplessness, meekness, or a lack of will to oppose. It can be applied to people, animals, or even abstract concepts like acceptance of a situation.
- The unresisting prisoner was led quietly to his cell.
- She was unresisting as they took her belongings, too shocked to protest.
- The theory met with unresisting acceptance from the committee, which surprised the presenter.
- "unresisting to": This phrase is sometimes used to indicate what force or action is not being opposed.
- He was unresisting to their demands.
- The word can imply a negative judgment, suggesting weakness or a lack of spirit, as seen in the historical reference from Theodore Roosevelt criticizing "supine, selfish helplessness."
- Resistless (adjective): An older or more literary synonym meaning "irresistible" or, less commonly, "unresisting." (Note: This word is rare in modern usage.)
- Unresistance (noun): The state or quality of being unresisting. (Note: This noun form is very uncommon.)
- Submissive
- Passive
- Acquiescent
- Compliant
- Yielding
- Meek
- Docile
- Resisting
- Resistant
- Defiant
- Rebellious
- Opposing
While there is no common phrasal verb or idiom using "unresisting," the concept is central to several common expressions: * To offer no resistance: A direct paraphrase of the meaning of "unresisting." * To go quietly / without a fight: An idiomatic way to describe being unresisting. * The suspect went quietly.
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No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried- Theodore Roosevelt
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