passive
adjective
not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.
passives
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pluralof passive.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the case of “have died”, though, neither patients nor passives come into it.
From Economist ● May 24, 2018
Promoters, passives and detractors have vastly different economic value to most companies.
From Forbes ● Sep. 20, 2012
In their attitude toward integration, Little Rock's Protestant and Jewish clergymen can be classified as "pushers," "powers" and "passives."
From Time Magazine Archive
The advice to bring zombie nouns back to life as verbs and to convert passives into actives is ubiquitous in style guides and plain language laws.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
The problem with the passives that bog down bureaucratic and academic prose is that they are not selected with these purposes in mind.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
