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unresistant

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of unresistant

1 lacking protection from danger or resistance against attack

  • a weakened immune system that rendered him unresistant to pneumonia
Synonyms of unresistant

defenseless, exposed, helpless, susceptible, undefended, unguarded, unprotected, vulnerable
Words Related to unresistant

indefensible, untenable

uncovered, unsafe

overcome, preyed (on or upon)

disarmed, passive, resistless, unarmed

feeble, frail, weak

abandoned, high and dry, marooned
Phrases Synonymous with unresistant

in the lurch
Near Antonyms of unresistant

defensible

covered, fortified, safe, screened, secure, sheltered

armed, armored

immune, impenetrable, impregnable, invincible, strong, unassailable, unbeatable, unconquerable

almighty, omnipotent
Antonyms of unresistant

guarded, invulnerable, protected, resistant, shielded

2 receiving or enduring without offering resistance

  • the kitten was surprisingly unresistant when the vet examined her
Synonyms of unresistant

acquiescent, nonresistant, passive, resigned, tolerant, tolerating, yielding
Words Related to unresistant

forbearing, impassive, long-suffering, patient, stoic (or stoical), uncomplaining

agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, conformable, conformist, docile, guidable, law-abiding, obedient, pliable, pliant, subordinate, tractable, willing

obeisant, submissive, surrendering

amiable, obliging

slavish, subservient

disciplined, governable, manageable

apathetic, uncaring, unresponsive
Near Antonyms of unresistant

defiant

contrary, contumacious, disobedient, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, insurgent, intractable, mutinous, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly, untoward

balky, perverse, wayward, wrongheaded

headstrong, willful (or wilful)

indomitable

undisciplined, unmanageable

dissident, nonconformist
Antonyms of unresistant

protesting, resistant, resisting, unyielding

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