unresisting
1
5.5
- adjective
- /ˌʌnrɪˈzɪstɪŋ/
:
sumiso
- She stayed quiet and unresisting, her eyes lowered.
- an unresisting body
The the culture, he says it's, it's comparable to a silent expansion or to the diffusion, say, of a perfume in the unresisting atmosphere.
- The the culture, he says it's, it's comparable to a silent expansion or to the diffusion, say, of a perfume in the unresisting atmosphere.
- I would rather have a beggar's crust and have them murder me unarmed and unresisting than to soil my life with their blood, right?
Examples
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Realizing the futility of it all, he let go of the unresisting attendant.
Fiction book (1999) -
The the culture, he says it's, it's comparable to a silent expansion or to the diffusion, say, of a perfume in the unresisting atmosphere.
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"Mike raised Egan's unresisting arm.
Fiction book (2002) -
He reached out and took the material out of her unresisting hand.
Fiction book (1996) -
"You always have an answer, don't you, Ily?" She took his unresisting hand in hers.
Fiction book (1992) -
He pulled her unresisting arm through his, and they began the descent to the first floor of the townhouse.
Fiction book (1991) -
Then they had their sabers out and were stabbing deeply, savagely into his unresisting body, having to put a foot on his chest to draw their blades back out.
Fiction book (1993) -
Treating a frozen, unresisting but unresponsive body as if the person has really assented is just treating people like meatsocks because you think you can get away with it, and it's dehumanizing bullshit.
Blog text (18) -
Kate stood, dripping wet, staring down at the pale, unresisting body that was her son, her Derek, uncomprehending as if she'd been struck a violent blow on the head yet hadn't yet fallen, her eyes open, stricken with disbelief.
Fiction book (1998) -
He reached out and took the material out of her unresisting hand.
Synonyms
1
8.4
Willing to accept rules or decisions without protest
Not showing any complaint and accepting what happens quietly
Antonyms
How Resistant
Surface Forms
Morphology
unresisting = resisting (transparent) = un + resist + ing
The negative prefix 'un-' straightforwardly negates the meaning of 'resisting'; the formation is regular and predictable.
Etymology
Unresisting begins with un- meaning 'not' and keeps the root resist, which means 'to push back or oppose', as in the common word resistance. So unresisting literally means 'not resisting' and describes someone who accepts or submits without opposition.