nonresistant
Americanadjective
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not able, conditioned, or constructed to withstand the effect of something, as a disease, a specific change in temperature, or harsh treatment; susceptible to damage or ill effects.
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not resistant; passively obedient.
noun
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a person who does not resist force.
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a person who maintains that violence or established authority, even when tyrannical, should not be resisted by force.
adjective
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incapable of resisting something, such as a disease; susceptible
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history (esp in 17th-century England) practising passive obedience to royal authority even when its commands were unjust
Other Word Forms
- nonresistance noun
Etymology
Origin of nonresistant
Example Sentences
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Working with Valerie Kickhoefer in Rome’s lab, the group then found that the drug-resistant cancer cells generated many more vaults than nonresistant ones, suggesting the structures might sequester or expel chemotherapies.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 6, 2024
In patients infected with nonresistant strains of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis, antibiotics can relieve symptoms fast—in as short of a time as a few weeks.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Because this was a nonresistant “control” tree, she expected an orange infection to spread swiftly from the inoculation site and eventually encircle the small stem.
From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2020
"I have you there!" exclaimed the nonresistant with a toss of his head.
From The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)
When a rose is once established, its persistent roots may find means of boring through soil that in its first nonresistant state is impossible.
From The Garden, You, and I by Wright, Mabel Osgood
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