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.