resistant
adjective
exhibiting or offering resistance; resisting (often used in combination).
unresistant
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a word derived from
resistant.
Example Sentences
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It vexed and perplexed him, and day after day he determined to whistle it down,—ride over it rough-shod,—and be as free as he chose with this apparently soft, unresistant, airy being, who seemed so accessible.
From The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Out of the void a bright spirit had roved into her world, sweeping her, eager and unresistant, into youth and life and laughter.
From Kenny by Joseph Pierre Nuyttens
John could not argue with a woman who was so unresistant of manner: to him, manner constituted argument.
From The Wind Before the Dawn by Dell H. Munger
