insusceptible

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It is from fifty to one hundred and fifty yards wide, always rapid, rocky, and insusceptible of navigation.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

The plant next, though plastic in its elements, is comparatively insusceptible of change.

From Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Drummond, Henry

We speak of persons as susceptible or insusceptible to music as we speak of good and poor conductors of electricity; and the analogy implied here is particularly apt and striking.

From How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art by Krehbiel, Henry Edward

The atmosphere of such a town would be like that of the country, insusceptible of the miasmata which produce yellow fever.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

It is insusceptible of rust, as gold and silver are, none of the acids affecting it, excepting the aqua regia.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson