passiveness

Example Sentences

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There were too many weaknesses in Scotland's game, too many chances wasted, too many balls put on the deck, too much vulnerability in critical times in defence, too much passiveness in attack early on.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

And he slammed cadres who for "too long been accustomed to defeatism, irresponsibility and passiveness".

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Brown, Abdul-Rauf said, “saw a passiveness in me that he didn’t like. Because sometimes when I was talking after games and they would ask me questions, I was tiptoeing. He was like: ‘Hey, man.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2023

That said, passiveness alone didn't lead the credit to expire.

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2022

That is, as much as a war of passiveness and inaction could be said to rage.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly