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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. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 7 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresistant
Adjective
  • Saving currently endangered species A number of experts say that bringing back extinct animals will not solve any conservation problems and that efforts would be better spent trying to find ways to save current critically endangered or vulnerable species.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • There are several factors behind what makes a region particularly sneezy and vulnerable to certain allergens.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • His resigned air in the press conference felt like a man who had too much to juggle to cross over the line first.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • In recent weeks, a number of artists canceled planned appearances and resigned positions associated with the center.
    Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Those who are not vaccinated are susceptible to the disease, Calendar said.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Learn more about management options and which food plants are most susceptible to this insect in our harlequin bug on vegetables web page.
    Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • More generally, some people are concerned that becoming too reliant on AI for menial and routine tasks could lead to us becoming over-reliant and helpless, perhaps even to the detriment of human problem-solving or decision-making ability.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Asking for help isn’t the same as being helpless, Pryor noted.
    Megan Sauer, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Like the forest, the building is not a passive backdrop.
    Nazanin Lankarani, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Why not consider additional sources of long-term income generation, which can develop passive income to support you and your family for years to come?
    Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • For now, critics say the public remains uninformed—and potentially unprotected.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
  • This is a standard precaution to prevent other hackers from exploiting the flaw, while some users are still unprotected.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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 21 Apr. 2025.

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