They were passive participants in a system that did not foster active engagement.

Students often design and develop programs instead of just being passive participants.

As a "passive participant" (a country broadcasting but not entering the Contest), it was re-admitted the following year.

Those early space explorers, though tough, were largely passive participants in the vast machinery of taming the heavens.

In the modern era, these resources have been redirected to expensive media campaigns in which the potential voter is a passive participant.

As a country broadcasting but not participating in the Contest (a "passive participant") it was allowed to return to the fold the following year.

That may make him at the very least a passive participant in the cover-up.

As the country broadcast the Contest live (making them a "passive participant"), they were re-admitted to the fold the next year.

The country did, however, participate as a "passive participant", by screening the Contest live.

We cannot allow them to simply be passive participants or even victims of such processes.