My mother did not wear lipstick, her brassieres were unassertive, her hair was done up in a tight crown of braids that emphasized her wide white forehead.
From the start, many of the Islanders were unassertive, the Rangers quickly realized it, and the Islander goaltender, Kelly Hrudey, was made uncomfortable for most of the contest due to a periodic influx of unimpeded Ranger skaters.
The book chronicles a leader who is unassertive in cabinet, nearly powerless in hiring or firing ministers in a broad coalition and passive to a fault before colleagues' disdain.
Jal is unassertive, his deafness making him seem older than he is, while Coomy more than makes up for her brother's tentativeness, 'playing the scold to his peacemaker'.
On his return to Sheremetyevo, to reach his departure gate the visitor must negotiate a bewildering series of queues, starting with one to get into the building: if he is unassertive, he will still be standing in one of them when his plane takes off.
Being unable to ask for you want is not always about being unassertive or wimpy.
If the researcher is unassertive, community members may become frustrated with their roles and the slow rate of progress.
The resulting political message, however, inhibited Mankiewicz, whose direction was unusually unassertive.
Though impeccably tender, it was too unassertive on the palate when competing with Madeira jus and truffled mash.
Flynn went to journalism school with the aim of becoming a crime reporter but applied to Entertainment Weekly to be a television critic after realising she was "too unassertive" to succeed on the crime beat.
His words are tentative, unassertive, provisional, yet self-assured.
