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unresisting

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not resisting; compliant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

offering no resistance- Theodore Roosevelt

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • resistless hostages
  • No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: resistless, supine

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + resisting.