undomineering

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ domineering.

Adjective

undomineering (comparative more undomineering, superlative most undomineering)

  1. 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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