Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
sheep :docile oruncomplaining , or willing to follow a leader blindly.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity
Etymologies
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Examples
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So it was with dulled faculties and little surprise that my response to the helpful but barely-English speaking driver taking my arm and guiding me to the luggage line and to a small compact car was to follow, sheeplike.
kateelliott: More Questions for the Hive Mind: or, Memories of Disasters Past kateelliott 2009
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The sheeplike people are herded by propaganda towards a future of slavery.
Global Voices in English » World: Tweeting Gaddafi’s Address to the United Nations 2009
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If he is unwilling to do that, he can keep his sheeplike bleating to himself.
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What is the point of job-search advice if our role is to counsel people on how to be more sheeplike and grovelly?
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Her sort of sheeplike, liberal opinion once reflexively favored Israel.
Israel Boycott Slammed By Jacob Weisberg: 'The Very Idea Is Repellent' 2010
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Maybe if we played some games on the midway it would have been fun, but Aidan pronounced them childlike and insipid, suitable only for jocks and their sheeplike followers, and we all agreed.
Zombies vs. Unicorns Justine Larbalestier 2010
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What is the point of job-search advice if our role is to counsel people on how to be more sheeplike and grovelly?
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Her sort of sheeplike, liberal opinion once reflexively favored Israel.
Don’t Boycott Israel 2010
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After the invasion, vast numbers of sheeplike creatures that only appeared to be Americans shifted their opinion and decided to support the president because it's important to stand behind your idiot when you're at war.
Happy Hour Roundup 2009
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You know you idiots on the right might actually gain some credibility if you actually used your brain and think before you post an obviously sheeplike response.
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