insusceptible

[ in-suh-sep-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. not susceptible; incapable of being influenced or affected (usually followed by of or to ):

   insusceptible of flattery; insusceptible to infection.

insusceptible

/ ˌɪnsəˈsɛptəbəl /

adjective

1. whenpostpositive, usually foll by to not capable of being affected (by); not susceptible (to)

Derived Forms

• ˌinsusˈceptibly, adverb
• ˌinsusˌceptiˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• insus·cepti·bili·ty noun
• insus·cepti·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of insusceptible¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; in- ³ + susceptible

Example Sentences

They knew Mrs. Hilary to be a muddled bigot, whose mind was stuffed with concrete instances and insusceptible of abstract reason.

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It remains as a pure deduction from the philosophical conception of Monism, incapable of proof, insusceptible of refutation.

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Did it make the patient insusceptible of the effects of a second inoculation with purulent matter?

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The first of these is, that yellow fever is strictly a self-limited disease, and therefore is insusceptible of jugulation.

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Still it is idle to deny that the doctrines are insusceptible of proof.

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