insusceptible

Adjective
Synonyms: unsusceptible

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Adjective (1)

  1. not susceptible toSynonyms: unsusceptibleOpposite susceptibleSimilar immune, incapable, immunized, unpersuadable, unresponsive, immunogenicRelates to susceptibility, susceptiblenessSee also insensitive
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

In′sus·cep′ti·ble adjective

Origin: Pref. in- not + susceptible: cf. F. insusceptible.

Not susceptible; not capable of being moved, affected, or impressed; that can not feel, receive, or admit; as, a limb insusceptible of pain; a heart insusceptible of pity; a mind insusceptible to flattery; new strains of bacteria insusceptible to penicillin. — In′wb-a2′>′sus·cep′wb-a2′>′ti·bly adverb

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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