insusceptible
/,insə'septəbl/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Not capable of being affected, influenced, or harmed by something; immune or resistant. The word describes a state where a person, thing, or condition is not vulnerable to a particular influence, disease, emotion, or change.
Usage and Examples
The adjective "insusceptible" is typically followed by the preposition "to" to indicate what something is resistant to. It can also be followed by "of" in more formal or legal contexts to mean "not capable of admitting or allowing."
Insusceptible to [something]:
- The new material is insusceptible to corrosion.
- He seemed insusceptible to fear.
- Some people are genetically insusceptible to the virus.
Insusceptible of [something] (formal):
- The statement is insusceptible of any other interpretation. (The statement cannot be interpreted in any other way.)
Advanced Usage and Nuances
- Formal Register: "Insusceptible" is a formal word. In everyday speech, words like "immune," "resistant," or "not susceptible" are more common.
- Scientific/Technical Contexts: Frequently used in medical, scientific, and technical writing to describe immunity or resistance.
- The breed is insusceptible to the common parasite.
Variants and Related Words
- Susceptible (adj): The direct opposite, meaning "likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by."
- Children are more susceptible to advertising.
- Insusceptibility (n): The noun form meaning the quality of being insusceptible.
- The insusceptibility of the population was a key finding.
Synonyms
- Immune: Protected or exempt, especially from disease.
- Resistant: Offering opposition or withstanding the action of something.
- Impervious: Not allowing fluid to pass through; unable to be affected by.
- Invulnerable: Impossible to harm or damage.
Antonyms
- Susceptible: Likely to be influenced or harmed by.
- Vulnerable: Exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed.
- Receptive: Willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas.
- Prone: Likely to suffer from, do, or experience something undesirable.
Adjective
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not susceptible to
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