underassertive
English
Etymology
under- + assertive
Adjective
underassertive (comparative more underassertive, superlative most underassertive)
- Insufficiently assertive.
- 2011, H. B. Jr. London & Neil B. Wiseman, Married to a Pastor, →ISBN:
- This problem multiplies even more as Hart and Blackmon report: “Clinical experience shows that underassertive and excessively overassertive ministers are much more likely to suffer from depression, burnout, helplessness and especially problems with anger and resentment."
- 2013, Leigh Thompson & Richard Templar, Choose Your Own Outcome!, →ISBN:
- I once heard someone offer an underassertive friend a favor and the friend said no in such a roundabout fashion that the person actually thought she'd said yes, and did it anyway.
- 2017, Martin Sundel & Sandra S. Sundel, Behavior Change in the Human Services, →ISBN:
- Some people are underassertive in almost every kind of social situation, whereas others behave overassertively in social encounters.
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