passive

[ˈpæsɪv]

Definition:
1. Accepting what happens or what people do without trying to change anything or oppose them.
2. Lacking in energy or will.

Use 'passive' in a sentence:

• 1. Even passive acceptance of the regime was a kind of collaboration.
• 2. He has a passive expression on his face.
• 3. Optimism for me isn't a passive expectation that things will get better;
• 4. "I've had more feedback in a passive approach," he says.
• 5. During the whole of this session, their attention is passive; they listen to the music but make no attempt to learn the material.
• 6. Campaigners handed out leaflets on passive smoking.
• 7. Without any action of protection the passive old man quietly left the diner.
• 8. Blind children tend to be more passive in this area of motor development than sighted children.
• 9. Passive smoking can be deadly too.
• 10. Passive aggressive email is also perfect for passing the buck.
• 11. We do also have more complex systems that are used for space heating and they fall into two categories, passive and active heating systems.
• 12. Non-consuming activities are active, not passive.
• 13. I've had more feedback in a passive approach.
• 14. The passive attitude we have to climate change as individuals can be altered by counting us in—and measuring us against—our peer group.
• 15. It ranges from a passive, free-floating awareness to a highly focused, active fixation.
• 16. Why? Non-consuming activities are active, not passive.
• 17. They made it clear that they would only exercise passive resistance in the event of a military takeover.
• 18. And hours of watching TV shows with canned laughter only teaches kids to process information in a passive way.
• 19. Pro: Well, last time we talked about passive habitat selection,
• 20. Because the ants play the behaviorally active role, it seems compelling to say that they cultivate and control the passive fungi.
• 21. Passive smoking can be hazardous to health.
• 22. Jeremy's passive attitude was hard to fathom.
• 23. Because it had become passive, failed to raise its voice;
• 24. Listening is thus an active, not a passive, behaviour consisting of hearing, understanding and remembering.
• 25. His passive attitude made things easier for me.
• 26. It's a passive psychological response to a new master.
• 27. Or is this some form of passive resistance?
• 28. Last time we talked about passive habitat selection, like plants for example, they don't make active choices about where to grow.
• 29. The most interesting ones were outstanding men who were unwilling to accept the meek and passive role of the peasant.
• 30. This seems a very passive statement, but it does make sense.
• 31. No mechanical devices are used in passive heating systems.
• 32. While they may not be as dynamic as an iPad, textbooks are not passive or lifeless.
• 33. Falling victim to passive smoking, women and children are more at risk from cigarette.
• 34. It's a sad truth that children are the biggest victims of passive smoking.
• 35. Known as passive cooking, this on-and-off technique not only saves energy but can also help avoid overcooking vegetables such as corn on the cob.
• 36. Listening is thus an active, not a passive, behavior consisting of hearing, understanding and remembering.
• 37. Passive systems take advantage of the location or design of a house.
• 38. The passive attitude we have to climate change as individuals can be altered by counting us in — and measuring us against — our peer group.
• 39. We mustn't be passive.
• 40. Sometimes it is possible to respond to passive aggression in kind.
• 41. The students turned what could have been a passive interaction into an active one.
• 42. After such an experience an animal often remains passive even when it can effect change--a state they called learned helplessness.
• 43. Because the normal word order is reversed in passive sentences, they are sometimes hard to follow.
• 44. A false step and the whole game becomes passive.
• 45. But plants on the forest floor need not be passive.
• 46. They want less passive ways of filling their time.
• 47. After such an experience an animal often remains passive even when it can effect change—a state they called learned helplessness.
• 48. The normal word order is reversed in passive sentences.
• 49. But they show comprehension to consist not just of passive assimilation but of active engagement in inference and problem-solving.
• 50. The enemy were thus reduced to a passive position in which they found it hard to give up the battle and yet had to give it up.