resigned

comparative more resigned · superlative most resigned

1. Characterized by resignation or acceptance.

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   If we were having this conversation 10 or 15 years ago, Ezra, we would be having it in a diagnosing a futile illness sort of way. The way that political scientists talked about this problem, the way that activists or people talk about this problem, for decades before was in a very resigned tone. They’re like, this is just the way that it is. It’s over. We’ve lost this. This is going to be a problem for a really long time. That was the posture towards this entire problem.

   2024 April 16, Jerusalem Demsas, “Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Jerusalem Demsas”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2024

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of resign