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Superlative for accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance
“An underacknowledged distinction in studies of legitimacy centers on whether the organization seeks active support or merely passive acquiescence.”
Superlative for not actively participating in an activity or interaction
“The mayor has taken a passive role in regard to the accreditation of probation departments.”
Superlative for inactive or still, without motion
“There is an equilibrium between active molecules and passive molecules at a given temperature.”
Superlative for showing little or no feeling or emotion
“He wasn't sure why Gene was merely meeting the boy's glare with a calm, passive look on his face.”
Superlative for showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm
Superlative for lacking vigor, vitality, or excitement
Superlative for lacking sufficient power or strength
Superlative for timid in character, or generally lacking in self-confidence
Superlative for existing in a latent or dormant state
Superlative for not excessively showy or lively
Superlative for lacking strength of character to follow one's own principles
Superlative for pleasant and amicable in nature
Superlative for having the ability to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering
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