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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

All were riding in friendly, unaggressive ways; I even got a smile and nod while riding near an elderly gentleman on a Bird.

From Slate Oct. 5, 2021

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

She remained gende and unaggressive her whole life.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel