compliant
[ kuhm-plahy-uhnt ]
/ kəmˈplaɪ ənt /
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adjective
complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.
manufactured or produced in accordance with a specified body of rules (usually used in combination): Energy Star-compliant computers.
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OTHER WORDS FROM compliant
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH compliant
complacent, complaisant, compliantDictionary.com Unabridged
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How to use compliant in a sentence
The sovereign was outwardly beneficent, and inwardly uncompliant.
His personal appearance was against him, but the widow was not altogether uncompliant.
Myths and Legends of China|E. T. C. WernerHenry had called a Parliament at St. Albans, but found in it a spirit very uncompliant with his demands.
Mrs. Fuller was as gentle and unobtrusive as her stalwart husband was forceful and uncompliant.
Daughters of the Puritans|Seth Curtis Beach
British Dictionary definitions for compliant
compliant
compliable
/ (kəmˈplaɪənt) /
adjective
complying, obliging, or yielding
Derived forms of compliant
compliantly or compliably, adverbcompliantness or compliableness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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