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
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
Oh! there you are," interrupted the nonresistant, "you must not allow your ill temper to rise.
From The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)
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