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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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His leadership is built on a belief that public safety agencies must be equipped with the right tools and training to protect vulnerable individuals and provide peace of mind to families.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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His sentence also considers aggravating factors like his targeting of vulnerable victims and his abuse of a position of trust.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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When zero hour arrived, on a muggy Thursday afternoon, her manner was one of resigned acquiescence.—
Ned Zeman,
Outside,
14 Nov. 2021
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Just 14 yards on resigned run plays were, however, according to Pro Football Focus.—
Oliver Thomas,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Should bad actors gain access to this cloud environment, Americans may be susceptible to widespread identity theft, may lose vital healthcare and food benefits, and the government may be responsible for re-issuing every American a new Social Security Number at great cost.—
Samuel Axon,
ArsTechnica,
26 Aug. 2025
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Pregnant women are especially susceptible to listeria infection, which can result in miscarriage, the agency added.—
Matt Cannon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The Guthrie family cowers in obedient fear of its brooding patriarch (Peter Mullan).—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
5 Aug. 2025
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Hana must suppress her considerate and obedient nature or her destiny will be as dark as the solar eclipse.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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Not long after, Brady looked helpless on his final snap as a Patriot, standing at the 1-yard line with nine seconds left because of that maneuver, which Stretch stole from Brady’s head coach and turned against them both.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
7 Aug. 2025
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As for the Aces, Vegas has lost two in a row and looked helpless last time out, losing 109-78 to the Minnesota Lynx.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 July 2025
Adjective
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This is because a dollar that Starbucks makes from selling coffee (its core business) is more likely to be repeatable and is likely to be protected from greater barriers to entry that management can influence than a dollar made from say return on passive financial instruments the firm might earn.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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However, even when plugging into the headphone jack of a source device, the P100 SE's electronics need to be powered on to hear anything (in other words, there isn't a passive analog mode here).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Nearly 80% of kindergarteners in Idaho in the 2023-24 school year were vaccinated, leaving about 20% unprotected, according to the annual National Immunization Survey.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
21 Aug. 2025
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He was then drafted 13th overall in this year’s NBA draft following a bold move up the board by New Orleans, which parted with an unprotected 2026 first-round pick in a deal with the Atlanta Hawks.—
Bennett Conlin,
Baltimore Sun,
18 July 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 3 Sep. 2025.
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