PASSIVE

a verb form [n PASSIVES] : PASSIVITY [n]
Accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance
(of a metal) Made unreactive by a thin inert surface layer of oxide
(of a circuit or device) Containing no source of electromotive force
(of radar or a satellite) Receiving or reflecting radiation from a transmitter or target rather than generating its own signal
Relating to or denoting heating systems that make use of incident sunlight as an energy source
Denoting or relating to a voice of verbs in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb (e.g., they were killed as opposed to he killed them)

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PASSIONLESS PASSIONLESSLY PASSIONLESSNESS PASSIONS PASSIVATE PASSIVATED PASSIVATES PASSIVATING PASSIVATION PASSIVATIONS

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PASSIVELY PASSIVENESS PASSIVENESSES PASSIVES PASSIVISM PASSIVISMS PASSIVIST PASSIVISTS PASSIVITIES PASSIVITY

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