Meanings
comparative more undomineering · superlative most undomineering
- Not domineering.
The two sisters have left home and live with their undomineering husbands.
1973, Sasson Somekh, The Changing Rhythm: A Study of Najīb Maḥfūẓ’s Novels, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 1282 more examples
I own myſelf a lover, perhaps to enthuſiaſm, of the mild, undomineering, ſweet-tempered government to which I feel myself indebted for the ſecurity and repoſe ſo dear to my heart.
1791, J. Debrett, A letter to the right honourable Edmund Burke, 2nd edition, London, page 128Jeremy was the exact opposite of Pete – caring, gentle, undomineering, cultured – while Julia was not at all shrewish or demanding like Jeremy’s ex Mandy.
2016, Stephen Goldenberg, Car Wheels on a Gravel Drive, Troubador Publishing Ltd
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