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as in nonemphatic
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as in low-pressure
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Recent Examples of nonassertive
People who knew Zhang described him to police as a nonassertive man who avoided conflict and typically acquiesced to his wife.
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Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2021
Those who saw an assertive ad chose to allocate $7 of the gift card to the brand on average, compared with $14 for those who saw a nonassertive ad.
—Alina Dizik, WSJ, 16 May 2017
Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2021
Those who saw an assertive ad chose to allocate $7 of the gift card to the brand on average, compared with $14 for those who saw a nonassertive ad.
—Alina Dizik, WSJ, 16 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonassertive
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The next chance for precipitation will occur Sunday into Monday when a low-pressure system moves across the area.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 30 Dec. 2024
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Further research shows that an intensifying low-pressure system off Alaska’s coast has become more likely to seed powerful storms and create energetic waves along the West Coast.Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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The former is quietly involving: unhurried, unemphatic, observant.Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2021
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The beat is steady and usually unemphatic; the song circles through three chords again and again.Jon Pareles, New York Times, 6 July 2018
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Shy and unassertive, she’s often been overlooked by others and kept to herself.Yasmine AlSayyad, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
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After a time, Patterson’s play-it-down-the-middle approach feels less like the remembrances of a Renaissance man and more like evasive, unassertive hedging.Mark Athitakis, Washington Post, 6 June 2022
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The coffee is bright, with notes of peaches, apricots, and a mild nuttiness on the palate.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Adam Sobel, a climatologist with Columbia University, predicted eight years ago that El Niño phases, which are correlated with milder hurricane seasons, would dominate the next decade.Jack Prator, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
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It’s widely seen as a tactical partnership to shut out far-right nationalists whose voices found fertile ground amid high living costs and a sluggish economy.Stephen McGrath and Vadim Ghirda, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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For some, genetic predispositions may disrupt appetite regulation; for others, a sluggish metabolism might be the culprit.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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While Reeves will reprise his role as the iconic assassin in the upcoming movie, fans are eager for a potential John Wick 5 thanks to the ambiguous ending of John Wick 4.Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
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While this bias is common across various domains, its effects in the business world can be particularly catastrophic, especially in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environment.Bryce Hoffman, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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Now, the future of Daboll and Schoen (and planes with messages to Mara flying over the Meadowlands) is the only reason to pay any attention to the sleepy Giants.Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
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It can be said that the Blue Jackets, after a string of sleepy performances, played with a pace and energy that had been missing.Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
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Jennifer Kale is a witch who is very guarded and needs to learn how to trust people, and keeps getting tested on that over and over again throughout the show.Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Our spirits remain guarded, but high, for this one; the Venice Film Festival crowd seemed to eat it up.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Nonassertive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonassertive. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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