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unaggressive

  • a word derived from aggressive.
    aggressive
    adjective
    characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing.

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“For over a decade, Nicholson suffered from unaggressive and unimaginative representation,” McGilligan wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2024

But it's not just in housing where the Justice Department was so unaggressive.

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2020

But Ramos Allup’s body language was unaggressive, his hands limp, sometimes raised as if to protect himself.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 6, 2016

“They’re unaggressive walks. I don’t care if there’s a base open. That’s not me,” Burnett said.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 5, 2014

She remained gende and unaggressive her whole life.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel