as in inexperienced
easy to influence
The teacher was accused of forcing his political beliefs on impressionable teenagers. The book had a profound effect on his impressionable young mind.
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Recent Examples of impressionable
Patience and consistency are vital to successful house training, especially in these impressionable first weeks.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
So, even though Tokyo Drift may not have been as big a hit as all the others, the cars in this installment are hugely impressionable and hard to forget.
—Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Ask her to stop, especially with this impressionable young woman.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 9 July 2025
During our interview, Nair offered a glimpse into what the Mamdani-Nair family experienced in New York right after 9/11, when Mamdani was a boy at the impressionable age of nine who had arrived in New York with his parents from Uganda just a few years earlier.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 1 July 2025
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
So, even though Tokyo Drift may not have been as big a hit as all the others, the cars in this installment are hugely impressionable and hard to forget.
—Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Ask her to stop, especially with this impressionable young woman.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 9 July 2025
During our interview, Nair offered a glimpse into what the Mamdani-Nair family experienced in New York right after 9/11, when Mamdani was a boy at the impressionable age of nine who had arrived in New York with his parents from Uganda just a few years earlier.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impressionable
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Influential voices in philosophy and critical theory, such as the Frankfurt School’s key representatives, established an attitude so fundamentally techno-skeptical that any form of affirmation, let alone enthusiasm, had to appear at best naive.—
Daniel Birnbaum,
Artforum,
1 Sep. 2025
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Morrow should not have this easy a time at infiltrating Prodigy vis-a-vis naive children.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Instead, Paul reacts with a fury that all but blasts the roof off: walls are bashed in, furniture collapses, a window goes bye-bye, and some innocent goldfish lose their aquarium.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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If history is any guide, many innocent people will suffer before the incompetent grovelers and the vain objects of their groveling meet their inevitable fates.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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That’s not the start of a bad joke, but a genuine potential answer to this question.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
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By avoiding these five common pitfalls, businesses can transform their customer data from a costly liability into a genuine competitive advantage that drives measurable growth and innovation.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The heartfelt lyrics poignantly articulate the slow fading of their once bright connection, depicting the pain of watching a previously vibrant flame flicker and ultimately extinguish despite their sincere efforts to nurture and revive it over time.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
29 Aug. 2025
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My sincere embrace in these such difficult moments for the entire family and friends.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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His leadership is built on a belief that public safety agencies must be equipped with the right tools and training to protect vulnerable individuals and provide peace of mind to families.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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His sentence also considers aggravating factors like his targeting of vulnerable victims and his abuse of a position of trust.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Impressionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impressionable. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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