Passiveness is an English word with synonyms like passivity or submissiveness. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Passiveness in a sentence
Passiveness meaning
The state or condition of being passive; passivity.
Synonyms of Passiveness
Using Passiveness
- The main meaning on this page is: The state or condition of being passive; passivity.
- Useful related words include: passivity, submissiveness, inactiveness, inactivity.
Context around Passiveness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 16.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Passiveness
- In this selection, "passiveness" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 16.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, alleged and towards stand out and add context to how "passiveness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include overaggressive than passiveness and period of passiveness. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "passiveness" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with passiveness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But Hawks management would rather see his errors stem from overaggressive than passiveness. (13 words)
He believes the Mountaineers are displaying too much passiveness in their ongoing losing streak. (14 words)
Spurs had a more aggressive, positive and direct 10 mins after a brief period of passiveness. (16 words)
The US’ alleged passiveness towards China has been criticised by former defence strategist Hugh, who wrote Australia’s Defence White Paper in 2000. (23 words)
Spurs had a more aggressive, positive and direct 10 mins after a brief period of passiveness. (16 words)
He believes the Mountaineers are displaying too much passiveness in their ongoing losing streak. (14 words)
Example sentences (4)
But Hawks management would rather see his errors stem from overaggressive than passiveness.
He believes the Mountaineers are displaying too much passiveness in their ongoing losing streak.
Spurs had a more aggressive, positive and direct 10 mins after a brief period of passiveness.
The US’ alleged passiveness towards China has been criticised by former defence strategist Hugh, who wrote Australia’s Defence White Paper in 2000.