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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.
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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
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
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Despite their dramatic appearance, Arizona tarantulas are shy and nonaggressive.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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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
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This kind of passive hydration is especially important since dogs are reactive drinkers, only drinking once they’re already mildly dehydrated.—
Brian Higgins,
Outside,
30 Jan. 2026
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This auntie is not passive, occasionally stopping by to drop off gifts, take a few selfies, and leave before things get too real.—
Ashley Simpo,
Parents,
30 Jan. 2026
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Making something that is not America—is communal where America is individualist, is peaceable where America is warring.—
Katherine Packert Burke,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Perhaps, like Flaubert, Kubrick knew that his domestic tidiness and calmness enabled him to commit to the screen far less peaceable visions in such classic films as Dr. Strangelove (1964) or 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Nov. 2025
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That said, international filmmaking is in feeble shape, partly because of the jambalaya of international co-productions, partly because of the inroads of television aesthetics, and partly because of the cloistered aestheticism of self-conscious art-house cinema.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
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The feeble job market may be keeping wage growth subdued, some economists point out.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
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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
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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 1 Feb. 2026.
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