Synonyms: resistless, unresisting, supine
Definition: offering no resistance
Usage: resistless hostages; No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried- Theodore Roosevelt
Similar words: inactive, passive
Definition: lacking in energy or will
Usage: Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself- George Meredith