Usually means: Lacking confidence to express oneself.
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  1. unassertive: Merriam-Webster
  2. unassertive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. unassertive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. unassertive: Collins English Dictionary
  5. unassertive: Vocabulary.com
  6. unassertive: Wordnik
  7. unassertive: Wiktionary
  8. unassertive: Dictionary.com
  9. unassertive: Rhymezone
  10. unassertive: FreeDictionary.org
  11. unassertive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. unassertive: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Not assertive

Similar:
nonassertive, unnoticeable, unobtrusive, reticent, self-effacing, retiring, underassertive, unasserted, unassertable, nonasserted, more...

Opposite:
aggressive, assertive

Types:
shy, timid, introverted, reserved, passive, submissive, more...

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Similar:
nonassertive, unnoticeable, unobtrusive, reticent, self-effacing, retiring, underassertive, unasserted, unassertable, nonasserted, more...

Opposite:
aggressive, assertive

Types:
shy, timid, introverted, reserved, passive, submissive, more...



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