resigned
/ɹɪˈzaɪnd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterized by resignation or acceptance.
verb
simple past and past participle of resign
Example Sentences
- "If we were having this conversation 10 or 15 years ago, Ezra, we would be having it in a diagnosing a futile illness sort of way. The way that political scientists talked about this problem, the way that activists or people talk about this problem, for decades before was in a very resigned tone. They’re like, this is just the way that it is. It’s over. We’ve lost this. This is going to be a problem for a really long time. That was the posture towards this entire problem."
Inflected Forms
more resigned (comparative)
most resigned (superlative)