unresistant
adjective
un·re·sis·tant
ˌən-ri-ˈzi-stənt 
: not giving, capable of, or exhibiting resistance : not resistant
insects unresistant to pesticides
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Examples of unresistant in a Sentence
a weakened immune system that rendered him unresistant to pneumonia
the kitten was surprisingly unresistant when the vet examined her
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Yet what has been most striking, in the years since Heller, is how generally unresistant Justices and judges have been to that interpretation.
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 7 May 2021
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 7 May 2021
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“Unresistant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unresistant. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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