submissive
adjective
inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient.
unsubmissive
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a word derived from
submissive.
Example Sentences
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They are ironic, determined, weary, languorous, gazing out from half-closed eyes, unsubmissive.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2017
At times he sulked, at times he affected a cold dignity, and at times a virile anger swayed him at her unsubmissive silences.
From The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The heart with its affections; the will with its immense energies,—the entire active and emotive portions of his nature,—are still earthly, unsubmissive, selfish, and sinful.
From Sermons to the Natural Man by William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer) Shedd
How could I remain impenitent and unsubmissive when for my faults an innocent man stood exposed in contumely to the public gaze?
From King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Laurence Housman
She was reproved three days ago for laughing aloud in a chapel; and, as she showed an unsubmissive spirit, she was sent into a room alone in order to meditate.
From A Life Sentence A Novel by Adeline Sergeant
