unreceptive

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Recent Examples of unreceptive This is not likely to be effective given that conspiratorial thinking tends to become so entrenched that the believer comes to be entirely unreceptive to reasons. Rafael Perez, Orange County Register, 12 Apr. 2024 This film is a prime example of how the sci-fi genre helps creators to pass along (often very preachy) messages to otherwise unreceptive audiences. Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2023 Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met with Niger's junta members in the capital this week but called them unreceptive to her demands to restore Niger's democracy. Ellen Knickmeyer and Tracy Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2023 Republican voters, especially the MAGA supporters, have been unreceptive. David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023 See All Example Sentences for unreceptive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreceptive
Adjective
  • Development professionals tend to see independent government agencies such as USAID and DFID as better able to prioritize the needs of the poor because their programming is run separately from partisan policies.
    Sarah Stroup, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The broad feistiness within the party exploded last week after Chuck Schumer helped Republicans pass a nakedly partisan spending plan over the objection of the majority of his fellow Democratic Senators.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Instead of articulating a compelling vision that could spark a broad-minded counterpunch to narrow-minded populism, Newsom has taken an oddly defeatist course in his first podcasts.
    Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Gazing out onto Prince William Sound with its stunning scenery had this narrow-minded city-and-car guy bitten by the cruise bug.
    David Dickstein, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Hallucinations often occur when the model fills in gaps based on similar contexts from its training data, or when it is built using biased or incomplete training data.
    Anna Choi, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
  • During the trial, Read’s lawyers accused Proctor of manipulating evidence and conducting a biased investigation.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Humans like to put things in distinctive bins, but nature is not so prejudiced.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025
  • An Idaho judge already agreed to move the trial venue, citing media coverage of the case and concerns that the local community is prejudiced against the suspect.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Drone strikes have continued through the weekend despite last week's apparent progress toward a U.S.-brokered partial ceasefire, though Kyiv and Moscow appeared to have different understandings of what that would entail.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Ukraine is planning to send technical teams to discuss the details of the partial ceasefire.
    Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The American people need to know that Lin-Manuel Miranda is intolerant of people who don't agree with him politically.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Cats that are intolerant to lactose may experience gas, vomiting or diarrhea after eating dairy products.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Students were emboldened to make bigoted statements about immigrants, Muslims and other groups.
    Laura Wray-Lake, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The priest, Kent, and his deputy find themselves in Anadarko, Okla., where female Marshall Mamie Fossett (Jennifer Carpenter) brings out Kent's bigoted side.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025

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“Unreceptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreceptive. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

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