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adjective non·re·sis·tant \ˌnän-ri-ˈzi-stənt\

Definition of nonresistant

  1. :  not resistant; specifically :  susceptible to the effects of a deleterious agent (such as an insecticide, a pathogen, or an extreme environmental condition)

nonresistant

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First Known Use of nonresistant

1702

nonresistant Synonyms

Synonyms
acquiescent, passive, resigned, tolerant, tolerating, unresistant, yielding
Antonyms
protesting, resistant, resisting, unyielding
Related Words
forbearing, impassive, long-suffering, patient, stoic (or stoical), uncomplaining; agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, conformable, conformist, docile, guidable, law-abiding, obedient, pliable, pliant, subordinate, tractable, willing; obeisant, submissive, surrendering; amiable, obliging; slavish, subservient; disciplined, governable, manageable; apathetic, uncaring, unresponsive
Near Antonyms
defiant; contrary, contumacious, disobedient, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, insurgent, intractable, mutinous, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly, untoward; balky, perverse, wayward, wrongheaded; headstrong, willful (or wilful); indomitable; undisciplined, unmanageable; dissident, nonconformist

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