passive
pa siv
- n the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb
`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice
`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive - a lacking in energy or will
Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith - s peacefully resistant in response to injustice
passive resistance - a expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb
academics seem to favor passive sentences
- Georg Zielke, his wife and kids share a five-bedroom "passive house" in Darmstadt, Germany, with heating costs 90% lower than their neighbors'.
- But Afghanistan could force the new government to rethink its passive approach to the rest of the world.
- In the words of Lord Curzon to the Imperial Conference in London, passive resistance in the Ruhr has been supplanted by passive assistance.