What does UNRESISTING mean?
Definitions for UNRESISTING
un·re·sist·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word UNRESISTING.
Princeton's WordNet
resistless, supine, unresistingadjective
offering no resistance
"resistless hostages"; "No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt
Wiktionary
unresistingadjective
Not resisting; compliant.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Unresistingadjective
Not opposing; not making resistance.
What noise? that spirit’s possess’d with haste,
That wounds th’ unresisting postern with these strokes. Sha.The sheep was sacrific’d on no pretence,
But meek and unresisting innocence:
A patient, useful creature. Dryden.Since the planets move horizontally through the liquid and unresisting spaces of the heav’ns, where no bodies at all, or inconsiderable ones, occur, they may preserve the same velocity which the first impulse impress’d. Richard Bentley, Sermons.
ChatGPT
unresisting
Unresisting refers to not making any attempt to stop or prevent something; not opposing or fighting against something, usually due to lack of ability, strength, or willpower. It can also refer to being compliant or submissive.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of UNRESISTING in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of UNRESISTING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of UNRESISTING in a Sentence
Christopher Darlington Morley:
Time is a flowing river. Happy those who allow themselves to be carried, unresisting, with the current. They float through easy days. They live, unquestioning, in the moment.
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