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Recent Examples of unreceptive
This is not likely to be effective given that conspiratorial thinking tends to become so entrenched that the believer comes to be entirely unreceptive to reasons.
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Rafael Perez, Orange County Register, 12 Apr. 2024
This film is a prime example of how the sci-fi genre helps creators to pass along (often very preachy) messages to otherwise unreceptive audiences.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2023
Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met with Niger's junta members in the capital this week but called them unreceptive to her demands to restore Niger's democracy.
—Ellen Knickmeyer and Tracy Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2023
Republican voters, especially the MAGA supporters, have been unreceptive.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
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Rafael Perez, Orange County Register, 12 Apr. 2024
This film is a prime example of how the sci-fi genre helps creators to pass along (often very preachy) messages to otherwise unreceptive audiences.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2023
Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met with Niger's junta members in the capital this week but called them unreceptive to her demands to restore Niger's democracy.
—Ellen Knickmeyer and Tracy Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2023
Republican voters, especially the MAGA supporters, have been unreceptive.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreceptive
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This is not split across partisan lines — only 26% of both Republicans and Democrats had a favorable view of Congress in 2023.—
Darrell Crate,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2025
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Sadly, Netflix’s production throws out the baby of rational screenwriting with the bathwater of partisan signifiers.—
Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
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Gazing out onto Prince William Sound with its stunning scenery had this narrow-minded city-and-car guy bitten by the cruise bug.—
David Dickstein,
Orange County Register,
5 Feb. 2025
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The Grammys have always prized a narrow-minded, classic sense of musicianship: deft songwriting, big vocals, live instrumentation.—
Justin Curto,
Vulture,
3 Feb. 2025
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Ethical And Security Challenges For all its promise, AGI comes with significant risks: • Bias And Inequality: If trained on biased data, AGI could reinforce societal inequalities, from hiring discrimination to resource allocation.—
Sri Bhargav Krishna Adusumilli,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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The lawsuit claims that the revocation is unlawful, politically motivated, racially biased, and part of a broader pattern of discrimination against non-European and non-white immigrants.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
22 Feb. 2025
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Desiree confronts the prejudiced church pastor in a clash that’s not truly resolved.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
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The sudden shift flummoxed the music industry, which had inherited a profoundly prejudiced business structure from the totalizing predation of Jim Crow.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Jan. 2025
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One unsavory reality about this journey is there's no such thing as partial credit.—
Ray Zhou,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The new moon partial solar eclipse in Aries on March 29th (6:58 a.m. EST) is our green light to set intentions, make power moves, and start anew.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
refinery29.com,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Cats that are intolerant to lactose may experience gas, vomiting or diarrhea after eating dairy products.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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India has become fitfully intolerant of entertainment that offends certain sensibilities, often religious.—
Alex Travelli,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Kluwe criticized the movement as bigoted and dangerous to the nation’s institutions in a spirited rant likening MAGA to one of history’s darkest political organizations.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2025
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But Target’s response frustrated some supporters of gay and transgender rights, who said the company caved to bigoted pressure.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Unreceptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreceptive. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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