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sequacious

adjective

Following another person's ideas uncritically.

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Uncommon and disapproving, especially about following ideas without independent judgment.

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A sequacious committee repeated its founder's design claims without checking the drawings, even when two claims plainly conflicted.
From How People Yield to Pressure.

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