insusceptible

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Investigation shows the opaque substances to be generally most susceptible, and the transparent materials, such as glass, rock-salt, tourmaline, &c. almost insusceptible, to the heating effect of the sun.

From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James

This belief is insusceptible of proof, but rests entirely upon our religious feelings and is rooted purely in our emotional life.

From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann

His soul, indurated by crime, was as insusceptible to the soothing influence of such aspects, as the cold rocky cavern where he had harbored, was impenetrable to the noonday blaze.

From Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by Simms, William Gilmore

The same advantage in a greater degree is obtained by vaccination, even in the exceptional instances in which it fails to render the person altogether insusceptible to the disease.

From The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases by West, Charles

Immunity.—Some persons are insusceptible to infection by certain diseases, from which they are said to enjoy a natural immunity.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis