UNCOMPLAINING Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

uncomplaining

adjective

ˌən-kəm-ˈplā-niŋ

Definition of uncomplaining

as in patient

accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint an uncomplaining hardworking single mother of five

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Recent Examples of uncomplaining The story of children financially supporting their immigrant parents can feed into the myth of the Asian American model minority, which, in part, stereotypes Asian Americans as obedient, hard-working and uncomplaining. — Mike Dang, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2023 At 65, the uncomplaining, modestly dressed Hornclaw appears to be a model senior citizen. — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2022 The sunflower has always been so hardworking, so uncomplaining. — Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2020 Ivey's Maggie is a pragmatic, uncomplaining woman who makes light of most difficulties, maintaining a cheery attitude — a kind of willful obliviousness — perhaps as a defense mechanism against the inevitable force of crushing reality. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2019 The story is always written as a tearjerker, with praise for the person’s uncomplaining attitude; a car is usually donated to the subject in the end. — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2017

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Adjective

For smaller practices, the development of digital outreach often takes place alongside patient care and routine administrative responsibilities.

— Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Replace its electronic medical record system and improve cybersecurity, staff workflows, patient communications, and information exchange with hospitals, specialists, laboratories, and other care partners.

— Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of patient

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The system was used to explore how mobile robotics could extend the reach of passive drone detection into forward or hazardous areas while operators remained elsewhere in the battlespace.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
He is then absorbed into a government system under which people without work are assigned mandatory tasks to prevent them from becoming too passive.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of passive

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