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Recent Examples of unreceptive
Is the primary electorate simply unreceptive to centrist points of view?
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
Others continue burning cash in the pursuit of profitability but are finding the market unreceptive.
—William Roberson, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Hippler appeared unreceptive to their arguments that the IGG techniques violated Kohberger's constitutional rights and questioned whether the defendant even had standing to challenge the investigatory tactic.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2025
And now, Democrats warned, targeting nominees' résumés risks reinforcing the image that the party is unreceptive to the beliefs of everyday Americans about what ails the country.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2024
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
Others continue burning cash in the pursuit of profitability but are finding the market unreceptive.
—William Roberson, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Hippler appeared unreceptive to their arguments that the IGG techniques violated Kohberger's constitutional rights and questioned whether the defendant even had standing to challenge the investigatory tactic.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2025
And now, Democrats warned, targeting nominees' résumés risks reinforcing the image that the party is unreceptive to the beliefs of everyday Americans about what ails the country.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreceptive
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Our petty disagreements, our nonstop partisan bickering, our junior-high level social media dramas seem to melt away when faced with our own mortality.—
Terry Mattingly,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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What's more, there is significant partisan division here.—
Nick Spicer,
NPR,
9 Jan. 2026
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Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical, angry or narrow-minded in the process, could model their advice on the life and work of pioneering animal behavior scholar Jane Goodall.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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The deficient vice of being open-minded is being narrow-minded.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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The article is biased and misleading.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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Not only are candidates having less people-facing processes and more digital ones, even led by AI sometimes, but the AI woven into job applications has already proven biased.—
Essence,
Essence,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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During her June conversation withT Magazine, Copeland remarked on the prejudiced stereotypes that once kept Black dancers off of the most prestigious stages in the world.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Mistura Director: Ricardo de Montreuil; Country: Peru | Running Time: 97 minutes A prejudiced woman’s life unravels after her husband leaves her.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
13 Oct. 2025
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This redundancy ensures that the aircraft remains manageable even during a partial system failure.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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But the involvement of partial owner Tom Brady is ramping up, adding a voice with championship pedigree to the situation.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
10 Jan. 2026
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The Israel-Hamas war rattled campuses and spurred disrespect and intolerant behavior on all sides.—
James Druckman,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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And as increasingly militant voices in our culture have joined the ranks, the environment has become even more intolerant.—
Amy Stephens,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
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Garlow condemned violence against Jewish people, even going so far as to call out people within his own faith who have expressed bigoted beliefs.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Dec. 2025
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Here was an extremely wealthy and culturally powerful woman who, for some reason, insisted on making her bigoted views about people like me openly and widely known.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Unreceptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreceptive. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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