supine
No media organisation worth its salt should supinely accept the ruling of a British court which curtails the right of the press to report matters of public interest.
How supinely we accept the idea that youth must have its fling.
He has stood supinely by while the government has signed our rights away.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Weakness and vulnerability
Achilles heel
asthenia
at a low ebbidiom
atonic
atony
fragile
fragility
frail
glass jaw
helpless
shakily
shakiness
shaky
sitting duck
sitting target
weakling
weakly
weakness
weedy
wetly