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as in vulnerable
lacking protection from danger or resistance against attack
a weakened immune system that rendered him unresistant to pneumonia
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as in resigned
receiving or enduring without offering resistance
the kitten was surprisingly unresistant when the vet examined her
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Recent Examples of unresistant
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
Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 7 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresistant
Adjective
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Even the most reliable income streams are vulnerable to external factors beyond your control.—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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She's garnered more than 140,000 followers sharing vulnerable videos.—
Bryan West,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Suddenly, a season of weekly must-win games and hard conversations gave way to a resigned relaxation.—
Paul Dehner Jr.,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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Crowds gathering for the Royal Horticultural Society’s Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival on the sprawling palace grounds reached into backpacks for umbrellas with the resigned look of people attending a supremely English occasion designed to be held in sunshine.—
Sophie Elmhirst,
The New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Consequently, consumers endure the worst of both worlds: a commodity that is susceptible to rapid price increases, lacking the infrastructure to reduce prices during periods of overproduction, all while relying on an emissions-intensive delivery system.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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Injuries happen in the NHL all the time, but some roles and positions are more susceptible to them.—
Shayna Goldman,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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His oxygen tank sat at his knees like an obedient mastiff.—
Brandon Taylor,
The Atlantic,
4 Jan. 2025
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Anyone who meets the gentle, obedient boy would never call him that.—
Bebe Hodges,
USA TODAY,
15 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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The wind is bending thick swirls of flame over Sunset Boulevard and the firefighters are helpless to stop it.—
Matt Gutman,
ABC News,
9 Jan. 2025
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Buster the yellow Lab is a thicc fella who can stop, but will not stop, gleefully belly flopping into his swimming pool despite the increasingly helpless and desperately profane protestations of his mother.—
Julie Klausner,
Vulture,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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These deductions flow directly to you as a limited partner (LP), helping to offset passive income and, under certain conditions, even active income.—
Matthew Chancey,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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That might seem a peculiar question, but these Oilers have a reputation for being passive when the opposition gets filthy.—
Allan Mitchell,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Never store passwords in an unprotected digital document on your computer (no Google docs), and consider only storing your crypto seed phrases with pen and paper in a safe or locked box at home.—
Kate Irwin,
PCMAG,
10 Jan. 2025
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As the drones streamed video, the 19-ton Stryker accelerated across the field, turning sharply to line up on Russian soldiers caught unprotected in the snow.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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When the new drug kills off the resistant bacteria, nonresistant versions will have a better chance of surviving.—
K. N. Smith,
Discover Magazine,
29 Jan. 2016
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Over time, the proportion of resistant bacteria will increase as nonresistant bacteria are killed by the antibiotic.—
Andre Hudson,
The Conversation,
29 Oct. 2021
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“Unresistant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unresistant. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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