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Recent Examples of unreceptive
To their credit, Lawyers Defending American Democracy and the other plaintiffs did just that, only to find the appropriate authority unreceptive.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2025
Is the primary electorate simply unreceptive to centrist points of view?
—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
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2025
Is the primary electorate simply unreceptive to centrist points of view?
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreceptive
Adjective
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Mail-in voting is not a partisan issue.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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Traditional thinking is that runoffs attract the most devoted, partisan members of a political party, and Jaworski sees himself as the more progressive candidate in the Democratic race and has taken swings at some of Johnson’s votes in the Senate.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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However, curiosity can interrupt that narrow-minded thinking, according to Maya Nehru, MA, LMFT, a psychotherapist offering services in anxiety and trauma in San Diego and Washington.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
25 Mar. 2026
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This is a valid concern, which is why the solution must be comprehensive, not narrow-minded.—
Jerry Presley,
Denver Post,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Last year, 30 percent of lefties were pronator-biased (and therefore more predisposed to throwing a good non-splitter changeup) versus 26 percent of righties.—
Eno Sarris,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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The Dowd Voicers are either clueless about the facts or, like their hero Trump, are simply fabulists making up numbers to suit their biased narrative.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
3 May 2026
Adjective
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The balls provided a rare opportunity for competitors to express themselves outside of the confines of a prejudiced society and later offered education and testing as the community battled HIV/AIDS.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
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But the rich sometimes actually can face a prejudiced jury.—
John Seiler,
Oc Register,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The new construction response has been partial and uneven.—
Jason Kirsch,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Kansas uses a partial reimbursement model to fund SPED.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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Up to 75% of the world’s population is intolerant to lactose.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
14 May 2026
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How to manage a susceptible, intolerant rose Roses that are both susceptible and intolerant to disease despite proper care should be shovel-pruned and replaced with cultivars that thrive with little or no disease.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
Adjective
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Each of them was punched in the face as the attacker yelled out his bigoted remarks, police said.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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This is a guy who could write these incredibly bigoted figures, and then also write this really searing indictment of American materialism.—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Unreceptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreceptive. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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