passive

adjective
pas·sive
păsʹ-ĭv

Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.

Other meanings

Taking no action.
“He remained passive during the protest.”
Being in the passive voice.

Related words

antipassive
interpassive
mediopassive
nonpassive
paggro
passifan
passival
passivate
passivation
passivise
passivism
passivist

Example sentences

“I'm trying to be less passive-aggressive.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "passivus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “passive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.