Unassertive is an English word with synonyms like reticent or retiring. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Unassertive in a sentence
Unassertive meaning
Not assertive
Synonyms of Unassertive
Using Unassertive
- The main meaning on this page is: Not assertive
- Useful related words include: nonassertive, reticent, self-effacing, retiring.
- In the example corpus, unassertive often appears in combinations such as: and unassertive.
Context around Unassertive
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Unassertive
- In this selection, "unassertive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, leader, clinking and tendencies stand out and add context to how "unassertive" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include americans with unassertive tendencies and and articulate and unassertive leader who. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "unassertive" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with unassertive
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The original Danish characters were recreated through his lens into liberal Americans with unassertive tendencies and amplified the Dutch couple's unhinged ways through a British reimagination. (27 words)
History will indeed remember Singh as a mild-mannered, articulate and unassertive leader who pulled his country out of an economic crisis and led it through a transformative period. (29 words)
If these metallic discs collide subtly, it will produce not only flashes of light and motion but an unassertive clinking sound that could potentially scare off these winged troublemakers. (29 words)
His father, who was a shy and unassertive man, played a lesser role in Porter's upbringing, although as an amateur poet, he may have influenced his son's gifts for rhyme and meter. (34 words)
History will indeed remember Singh as a mild-mannered, articulate and unassertive leader who pulled his country out of an economic crisis and led it through a transformative period. (29 words)
If these metallic discs collide subtly, it will produce not only flashes of light and motion but an unassertive clinking sound that could potentially scare off these winged troublemakers. (29 words)
Example sentences (4)
History will indeed remember Singh as a mild-mannered, articulate and unassertive leader who pulled his country out of an economic crisis and led it through a transformative period.
If these metallic discs collide subtly, it will produce not only flashes of light and motion but an unassertive clinking sound that could potentially scare off these winged troublemakers.
The original Danish characters were recreated through his lens into liberal Americans with unassertive tendencies and amplified the Dutch couple's unhinged ways through a British reimagination.
His father, who was a shy and unassertive man, played a lesser role in Porter's upbringing, although as an amateur poet, he may have influenced his son's gifts for rhyme and meter.
Common combinations with unassertive
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: