insusceptible
adjective
not susceptible; incapable of being influenced or affected (usually followed by of orto ).
insusceptibility
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a word derived from
insusceptible.
Example Sentences
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He could imagine being married to her so much more easily than being in love with her, and he was a little vexed with himself for his own insusceptibility.
From Tante by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Thus certain forms of blindness or insanity are due primarily to gonorrheal or syphilitic infection, insusceptibility to which is rare or unknown.
From The Social Direction of Evolution An Outline of the Science of Eugenics by William E. Kellicott
In a few cases it is known that immunity or insusceptibility to specific forms of infection is a unit character which follows Mendelian laws in heredity.
From The Social Direction of Evolution An Outline of the Science of Eugenics by William E. Kellicott
Some individuals are refractory to vaccination, but complete insusceptibility is exceedingly rare.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The germ may therefore be present in a herd without any manifest injury, its disease-producing power having for the time abated considerably, or the whole herd being in a condition of comparative insusceptibility.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
