Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not susceptible to persuasion; incapable of being persuaded or convinced: Describes a person, attitude, or position that is extremely resistant to influence, argument, or entreaty. It implies a fixed, unwavering stance.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Despite the overwhelming evidence, he remained unsuasible in his beliefs.
  • Her unsuasible resolve on the matter meant further discussion was pointless.
  • The judge was known for being unsuasible once she had made a ruling.

Advanced Usage

• "to prove unsuasible": to demonstrate an inability to be persuaded.
  • All attempts at negotiation proved him to be utterly unsuasible.
• Used in formal or literary contexts to describe entrenched opinions or stubborn character traits.

Variants and Related Words

• Incorrigible (adj): (of a person or their tendencies) not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed. While similar in stubbornness, "incorrigible" often implies bad behavior, whereas "unsuasible" focuses on resistance to argument.
• Obdurate (adj): stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action. A close synonym with a similar formal register.
• Intransigent (adj): unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something. Often used in political or ideological contexts.

Synonyms

• Inexorable: impossible to stop or prevent; unyielding.
• Adamant: refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind.
• Unyielding: not giving way to pressure; inflexible.

Antonyms

• Persuadable: easily influenced or convinced.
• Tractable: easy to control or influence.
• Pliable: easily bent; easily influenced.

Notes on Usage

• Formality: "Unsuasible" is a relatively formal and somewhat rare word. More common synonyms like "adamant" or "unwavering" are often used in everyday language.
• Construction: It is typically used predicatively (e.g., "He was unsuasible") or attributively before a noun (e.g., "an unsuasible opponent").
• Connotation: The term carries a neutral to slightly negative connotation, emphasizing rigidity. It does not inherently imply whether the stance is correct or incorrect, only that it is immovable.

Adjective

1. not susceptible to persuasion