nonresistant
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rɪˈzɪs adjective
1.
not able, conditioned, or constructed to withstand the effect of something, as a disease, a specific change in temperature, or harsh treatment; susceptible to damage or ill effects.
2.
not resistant; passively obedient.
noun
3.
a person who does not resist force.
4.
a person who maintains that violence or established authority, even when tyrannical, should not be resisted by force.
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nonresistant (ˌnɒnrɪˈzɪstənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | incapable of resisting something, such as a disease; susceptible |
| 2. | history (esp in 17th-century England) practising passive obedience to royal authority even when its commands were unjust |
| nonre'sistance | |
| —n | |
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Medical Dictionary
nonresistant non·re·sis·tant (nŏn'rĭ-zĭs'tənt)
adj.
Not resistant, especially to a disease or an environmental factor, such as heat or moisture.
Submissively obedient.
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Example sentences
Nonresistant greenish-gray siltstone and sandstone and variegated shale.
Base of unit mapped as base of lowest nonresistant brown siltstone bed.
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