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
When his character dies in Titanic, a world of impressionable filmgoers were his for life.
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
For impressionable kids, this can seem like a promising idea.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 24 Sep. 2025
Popular figures like athletes and celebrities help fill the space of role models at an age when boys are highly impressionable, according to Sheldon Jacobs, a licensed therapist who serves on the National Alliance on Mental Illness Board of Directors.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
That’s because in France enrollment in vocational schools can start with students as young as 15, an age when teenagers are still highly impressionable and easy to indoctrinate.
—Vivian Song, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
For impressionable kids, this can seem like a promising idea.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 24 Sep. 2025
Popular figures like athletes and celebrities help fill the space of role models at an age when boys are highly impressionable, according to Sheldon Jacobs, a licensed therapist who serves on the National Alliance on Mental Illness Board of Directors.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
That’s because in France enrollment in vocational schools can start with students as young as 15, an age when teenagers are still highly impressionable and easy to indoctrinate.
—Vivian Song, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impressionable
Adjective
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Jokic didn’t overtake Jamal Murray as Denver’s leading scorer until their seventh game of the season, after a 33-point performance Wednesday against a Miami Heat frontcourt that was woefully undersized and inexperienced the instant Bam Adebayo exited with a foot injury.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
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Henderson has struggled in that role as a rookie, and Jennings is inexperienced at the pro level.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Ma’s description of enormous, glistening grocery stores could be explained as the musings of a person who longs for stability and plentitude, or of a naive character who thinks of America as a land of boundless riches.—
Tope Folarin,
The Atlantic,
8 Nov. 2025
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But these juvenile white sharks may be naive to orcas.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Given sun in just the proper dose, which is no more than three or four hours of direct daily exposure, its innocent look of youth may persist for a decade.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The real question is whether genuine mutual interest emerges from those preliminary conversations, many of which will take place in Las Vegas this week.—
Patrick McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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For most of the year, tennis watchers have been bemoaning the lack of a genuine threat to Sinner and Alcaraz, but here Fritz had the latter on the rack.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Rosalía can have a sincere desire to know the world via the arts and a sixth sense for what sets people off.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
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When they are returned, entire communities celebrate with sincere happiness.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
6 Nov. 2025
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