unresisting

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adjective

Not resisting; compliant.

Similar
resistlesspassiveinactive
OriginEnglish resisting ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunresisting (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot resisting; compliant.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveoffering no resistance, passively accepting of a situation

Similar
resistlesspassiveinactive
Also see
inactivepassiveresistless

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishresisting
  9. Englishunresisting

From un- + resisting.

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Cite this entry
APA

unresisting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unresisting

MLA

“unresisting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unresisting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unresisting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unresisting.

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