Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not making resistance; not opposing; submissive; humble.
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- adjective Not
resisting ;compliant .
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- adjective offering no resistance
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Examples
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IV. ii.91 (101,4) [that spirit's possess'd with haste, That wounds the unresisting postern with these strokes] The line is irregular, and the _unresisting postern_ so strange an expression, that want of measure, and want of sense, might justly raise suspicion of an errour, yet none of the later editors seem to have supposed the place faulty, except sir Tho.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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I have been informed, since the present edition went to the press, that my trusty and well-beloved cousins, the Edinburgh Reviewers, are preparing a most vehement critique on my poor, gentle, 'unresisting'
Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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When she was done, she bowed again and accidentally on purpose knocked her butt into the godfather, laughing as he dropped, unresisting, to the mat.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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Office Pike there's a Dickensian name for a thug cop, isn't it? waddled down the line of unresisting students and carefully sprayed an agonizing, blistering bio-weapon all over them.
Doug Molitor: 12 Ways to Tell Occupy Wall St From the Tea Party (Doug's Dozen VIDEO) Doug Molitor 2011
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When she was done, she bowed again and accidentally on purpose knocked her butt into the godfather, laughing as he dropped, unresisting, to the mat.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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Fox News's Megyn Kelly thinks cops pepper-spraying unresisting prisoners isn't so bad, because after all, it's "a food product, essentially."
Doug Molitor: 12 Ways to Tell Occupy Wall St From the Tea Party (Doug's Dozen VIDEO) Doug Molitor 2011
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In the forest, maybe thirty yards away, maple and oak shed their leaves, unresisting.
Dr. Cara Barker: How Are You Keeping Fear Alive? 3 Steps You Can Take to Build Self-Confidence Dr. Cara Barker 2010
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Fox News's Megyn Kelly thinks cops pepper-spraying unresisting prisoners isn't so bad, because after all, it's "a food product, essentially."
Doug Molitor: 12 Ways to Tell Occupy Wall St From the Tea Party (Doug's Dozen VIDEO) Doug Molitor 2011
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A Prince George's County police officer pepper-sprayed an unresisting man, hit him with his fists and his metal police baton, threw him down a flight of stairs, then fatally shot him, according to witnesses who testified Thursday at a civil trial against the officer.
Witnesses: Cop shot unresisting man Ruben Castaneda 2011
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Office Pike there's a Dickensian name for a thug cop, isn't it? waddled down the line of unresisting students and carefully sprayed an agonizing, blistering bio-weapon all over them.
Doug Molitor: 12 Ways to Tell Occupy Wall St From the Tea Party (Doug's Dozen VIDEO) Doug Molitor 2011
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