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undomineering en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + domineering.

Meanings

1. Not domineering.
   • 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. 1791, J. Debrett, A letter to the right honourable Edmund Burke, 2nd edition, London, page 128:
   • The two sisters have left home and live with their undomineering husbands. 1973, Sasson Somekh, The Changing Rhythm: A Study of Najīb Maḥfūẓ’s Novels, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 128:
   • 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. 2016, Stephen Goldenberg, Car Wheels on a Gravel Drive, Troubador Publishing Ltd:

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