unresistantadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈzɪst(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˌənrəˈzɪst(ə)nt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, resistant adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + resistant adj.

Not resistant; unresisting.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > [adjective]

unresisting1586

resistless1591

unaffrontive1720

unrepulsing1748

unstruggling1822

unrepugnant1823

unresistant1832

1832 H. Murray et al. Hist. & Descriptive Acct. Brit. India III. ii. 38 He [sc. a horse]..falls an unresistant victim to the ‘king of terrors’.

1884 Cent. Mag. 29 7 He draws her, unresistant, to him.

1930 F. E. Matthes Geol. Hist. Yosemite Valley 33/1 The mostly thin-bedded and relatively unresistant sedimentary rocks of the lower slope of the Sierra Nevada.

1976 D. Lavender Calif. v. 81 Henry rowed Josefa out to a waiting vessel, sailed to Lima, embraced Catholicism, and married the unresistant abductee.

2006 H. Wilford in A. Stephan Americanization of Europe 23 The British have been relatively unresistant to American cultural influences.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unresistant
释义	unresistantadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈzɪst(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈzɪst(ə)nt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, resistant adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + resistant adj. Not resistant; unresisting. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > [adjective] unresisting1586 resistless1591 unaffrontive1720 unrepulsing1748 unstruggling1822 unrepugnant1823 unresistant1832 1832 H. Murray et al. Hist. & Descriptive Acct. Brit. India III. ii. 38 He [sc. a horse]..falls an unresistant victim to the ‘king of terrors’. 1884 Cent. Mag. 29 7 He draws her, unresistant, to him. 1930 F. E. Matthes Geol. Hist. Yosemite Valley 33/1 The mostly thin-bedded and relatively unresistant sedimentary rocks of the lower slope of the Sierra Nevada. 1976 D. Lavender Calif. v. 81 Henry rowed Josefa out to a waiting vessel, sailed to Lima, embraced Catholicism, and married the unresistant abductee. 2006 H. Wilford in A. Stephan Americanization of Europe 23 The British have been relatively unresistant to American cultural influences. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1832
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