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as in vulnerable
lacking protection from danger or resistance against attack
a weakened immune system that rendered him unresistant to pneumonia
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as in resigned
receiving or enduring without offering resistance
the kitten was surprisingly unresistant when the vet examined her
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Recent Examples of unresistant
Yet what has been most striking, in the years since Heller, is how generally unresistant Justices and judges have been to that interpretation.
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 7 May 2021
Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 7 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresistant
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The Giants must capitalize with early wins against vulnerable opponents this fall to set a promising course in John Harbaugh’s first season as head coach.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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In addition to these external influences, Dini emphasized that long-term domestic instability has left Somalia’s coastline vulnerable, weakening local institutions and lowering the risks for pirate networks.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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Neither is the machine that, partway through the play, noisily turns the stage into a great berg of foam, which slowly subsumes a resigned Kramer.—
Talya Zax,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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Her booking photo shows a woman with a tousled bun, hollow cheeks and a resigned expression.—
Raheem Hosseini,
San Francisco Chronicle,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But these jobs are also among the most susceptible to AI displacement.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
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Other recommendations from the NFL include a request for the CFTC to create a unique certification process for contracts that are related to an individual player's performance or susceptible to manipulation.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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Just think of all those vacant Madonnas, structurally perfect compositions, and obedient daydreams of antiquity.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Always obedient, Agnes happily welcomes Daisy despite Shu’s warnings.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2026
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By contrast, the publication of his translation of Kafka in Italian in the spring of 1983 left him feeling empty, helpless, defenseless.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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All the sweeping expansiveness snaps shut with a sudden health crisis for Kristen, its onset signaled with masterful concision in a middle-of-the-night calamity that leaves her helpless.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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Legislation and lawmakers revolved around it in a predictable, if not always passive, pattern.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
15 May 2026
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Pointing up the cinematic objectification of women, the work transformed the female body from a passive, sexualized object to an active participant in a public action in which players were forced to reckon with the roles assigned them by a patriarchal society.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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So next season very much becomes like 2024-25, when a failure to make the playoffs could mean an unprotected first-round pick going out the following year (which would have been this year’s draft due to a previous obligation to the Thunder).—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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If the 2026 first-rounder didn’t convey, then the Clippers would get Indiana’s unprotected 2031 pick, which is the same year franchise star Kawhi Leonard turns 40 years old.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Over time, the proportion of resistant bacteria will increase as nonresistant bacteria are killed by the antibiotic.—
Andre Hudson,
The Conversation,
29 Oct. 2021
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The complaint accuses the police officers, Jordan Belchamber and Christino Quinonez, of failing to immediately intervene upon seeing Zapata Hernandez being restrained — handcuffed, nonresistant and facedown — on the pavement.—
Kristina Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Oct. 2021
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“Unresistant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unresistant. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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