unreceptive
adjective
un·re·cep·tive
ˌən-ri-ˈsep-tiv 
: not responsive or receptive
an unreceptive audience
Some members of the committee were unreceptive to the idea.
an unreceptive doe
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Minority students tended to leave school for reasons including inadequate high school preparation, unreceptive and alien campus environments and inadequate career counseling.
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Journal Sentinel, 29 Feb. 2016
This film is a prime example of how the sci-fi genre helps creators to pass along (often very preachy) messages to otherwise unreceptive audiences.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2023
Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met with Niger's junta members in the capital this week but called them unreceptive to her demands to restore Niger's democracy.
—Ellen Knickmeyer and Tracy Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2023
Republican voters, especially the MAGA supporters, have been unreceptive.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
Against the tide again, with a new album of personal and political liberation Kanye West’s latest album, Donda, was dropped (the industry term) into an unreceptive environment skeptical of West’s recent public statements and his nonconformist, uncelebrity-like political stances.
—Armond White, National Review, 3 Nov. 2021
Current and former residents have loudly registered their dissent — with actions like the planned boycott of the eventual shopping center — and laid out a list of proposals to mostly unreceptive city officials, including financial compensation for people forced to move.
—New York Times, 20 May 2021
But the president was unreceptive, as was Meadows.
—Anchorage Daily News, 20 Dec. 2020
Up to threefold more sperm were transferred to unreceptive females by clawed than declawed males.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2013
Journal Sentinel, 29 Feb. 2016
This film is a prime example of how the sci-fi genre helps creators to pass along (often very preachy) messages to otherwise unreceptive audiences.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2023
Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met with Niger's junta members in the capital this week but called them unreceptive to her demands to restore Niger's democracy.
—Ellen Knickmeyer and Tracy Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2023
Republican voters, especially the MAGA supporters, have been unreceptive.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
Against the tide again, with a new album of personal and political liberation Kanye West’s latest album, Donda, was dropped (the industry term) into an unreceptive environment skeptical of West’s recent public statements and his nonconformist, uncelebrity-like political stances.
—Armond White, National Review, 3 Nov. 2021
Current and former residents have loudly registered their dissent — with actions like the planned boycott of the eventual shopping center — and laid out a list of proposals to mostly unreceptive city officials, including financial compensation for people forced to move.
—New York Times, 20 May 2021
But the president was unreceptive, as was Meadows.
—Anchorage Daily News, 20 Dec. 2020
Up to threefold more sperm were transferred to unreceptive females by clawed than declawed males.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2013
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“Unreceptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unreceptive. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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