unaggressive

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Recent Examples of unaggressive Meanwhile, dogs that lose fights or are seen as unaggressive are killed, oftentimes in heinous fashion, with many cases involving dogs being electrocuted, hung or beaten to death. Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025 Time flowed differently, and my vision felt soft and the world around me pure and unaggressive. Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 The charismatic but typically unaggressive sea mammals were biting people who approached them. Kyle Melnick The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 9 July 2023 Multiple players wound up in first-half foul trouble because of slow legs and unaggressive coverage. Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2023 The map displays 28 reported sightings over the past 30 days, and all displayed unaggressive behavior. Brandi Addison, Dallas News, 1 Oct. 2021 Fruit forward and silky, with unaggressive tannins. Connie Ogle, miamiherald, 24 Aug. 2017 The commercial value of their horns, combined with their relatively unaggressive nature, has left them susceptible to poaching. Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 1 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaggressive
Adjective
  • Despite their dramatic appearance, Arizona tarantulas are shy and nonaggressive.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Never run or make any loud noises or sudden movements, as this could startle these creatures, which are typically nonaggressive until frightened.
    Madeline Nguyen, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024
Adjective
  • The silent operational mode of each launcher – completely passive until launch – adds a stealth element that complicates enemy reconnaissance and targeting, reported Army Recognition.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
  • If a fund invests in only one team, it's allowed to be more directly involved than as a passive owner, as seen recently at Bay FC.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • If peaceable trading isn't your dream, consider the corsair life, pillaging other ships for their precious cargo.
    Alan Bradley, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In fact, as believing Christians, Jews, or Muslims know, the founders and leaders of these major world religions advocate understanding of others, empathy for their suffering, and the pursuit of peaceable relations with all.
    Howard Steele, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The festival unfolds at a particularly tenuous time for the documentary field, which for the past several years has faced a feeble acquisition market.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Cupping was quite popular among feeble white women in North America, and those same marks, Daria knew, were present on her own body, concealed beneath her loose T-shirt.
    Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Here a civilian leader is shown in an unwarlike pose, seated, with a thoughtful and resolute expression—an icon of responsibility.
    Adam Kirsch, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Hobbits are small and unwarlike, with no interest in glory.
    Tom Shippey, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2017

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“Unaggressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaggressive. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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