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Synonyms for unsusceptible

Grammar : Adj
Spell : suh-sep-tuh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : səˈsɛp tə bəl

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Définition of unsusceptible

Origin :
  • c.1600 (susceptive in the same sense is recorded from 1540s), from Late Latin susceptibilis "capable, sustainable, susceptible," from Latin susceptus, past participle of suscipere "sustain, support, acknowledge," from sub "up from under" + capere "to take" (see capable). Related: Susceptibility.
  • adj insensitive
  • adj resistant
Example sentences :
  • His dark and cruel nature was unsusceptible of a noble or generous impulse.
  • Extract from : « The Land of Thor » by J. Ross Browne
  • Even if he was now unsusceptible to her revenge—all the same!
  • Extract from : « The Song of Songs » by Hermann Sudermann
  • This thesis seems to me axiomatic and unsusceptible of argument.
  • Extract from : « The Theory of the Theatre » by Clayton Hamilton
  • They are mere militia, brave as men can be, but unsusceptible of discipline.
  • Extract from : « Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official » by William Sleeman
  • No one would have felt himself interested in denying conclusions which would have been unsusceptible of practical application.
  • Extract from : « Four Introductory Lectures on Political Economy » by Nassau W. Senior
  • The Colonel, who was not unsusceptible to flattery, was visibly impressed by this tribute.
  • Extract from : « Jack and the Check Book » by John Kendrick Bangs
  • There is no want of groups of this kind; and many of them are so natural as to be unsusceptible of improvement.
  • Extract from : « Man and His Migrations » by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
  • She did not know how it was, but the fact was indisputable; her undisturbed and unsusceptible content was over for ever.
  • Extract from : « The House on the Moor, v. 1/3 » by Mrs. Oliphant
  • For this reason all animal substances are very apt to putrefy, and are unsusceptible of the first degrees of fermentation.
  • Extract from : « Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed. » by Pierre Joseph Macquer
  • North of that line, there is a clear cut entirely, unsusceptible of misinterpretation.
  • Extract from : « A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention » by Lucius Eugene Chittenden
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