unprotesting
unprotesting adjective: not protesting; compliant, docile.
Adjective
unprotesting (comparative more unprotesting, superlative most unprotesting)
- Not protesting; compliant, docile.
- And yet she could find nothing to say in opposition to this; consequently, she had walked away unprotesting, and that act was so contrary to her disposition that it saddened her.1898, Frank Richard Stockton, The Girl at Cobhurst
- Just as the parental attitude toward the nearest neighbours suggested a kindly but unsentimental tolerance of inferiors, so it became unmistakably tinged with a slightly jealous but unprotesting submission to superiors whenever the lower floors were reached.1922, Edwin Bjorkman, The Soul of a Child
Forms of unprotesting
| comparative | more unprotesting |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unprotesting |
Origin of unprotesting
From un- + protesting.
Words formed from unprotesting
Questions about unprotesting
- What does unprotesting mean?
- Unprotesting means not protesting; compliant, docile.
- What part of speech is unprotesting?
- Unprotesting is an adjective.
Words near unprotesting in the dictionary
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