undomineering
English
Etymology
From un- + domineering.
Adjective
undomineering (comparative more undomineering, superlative most undomineering)
- Not domineering.
- 1791, J. Debrett, A letter to the right honourable Edmund Burke, 2nd edition, London, page 128:
- I own myſelf a lover, perhaps to enthuſiaſm, of the mild, undomineering, ſweet-tempered government to which I feel myself indebted for the ſecurity and repoſe ſo dear to my heart.
- 1973, Sasson Somekh, The Changing Rhythm: A Study of Najīb Maḥfūẓ’s Novels, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 128:
- The two sisters have left home and live with their undomineering husbands.
- 2016, Stephen Goldenberg, Car Wheels on a Gravel Drive, Troubador Publishing Ltd:
- Jeremy was the exact opposite of Pete – caring, gentle, undomineering, cultured – while Julia was not at all shrewish or demanding like Jeremy’s ex Mandy.
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