English-Finnish translations for passive

• passiivinen
  Tässä asiassa YK on ollut liian passiivinen. In this area, the UN has been too passive.
  Passiivinen suhtautuminen ei edistä kasvua. A passive attitude will do nothing to encourage growth.
  Euroopan unioni ei saa olla passiivinen tässä tilanteessa. The European Union must not be passive in this situation.
• passiivi
  Suomen kielen passiivissa, joka on subjektiton, tekijä jää taka-alalle ja tuntemattomaksi.
• koroton
  koroton laina
• passiivimuoto
• passiivimuotoinen

Definition of passive

• Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction
• Being in the passive voice
• Not participating in management
• Of a component: that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain
• The passive voice of verbs
• A customer who is satisfied with a product or service, but not keen enough to promote it by word of mouth
• Any component that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain

Examples

• He remained passive during the protest.
• a passive balloon; a passive aeroplane; passive flight, such as gliding and soaring

Related words

• passive-aggressive
• impassive
• mediopassive
• passively
• impassively
• passiveness
• impassiveness
• antipassive
• passive voice