unamenable

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He was a worldling, father of a family, unamenable to her teachings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chew Wong was set in his ways and unamenable to suggestion.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Gregory was different; while Helena, in small ways, was unamenable, he was as good as the gold stars he continually got for admirable conduct.

From Cytherea by Hergesheimer, Joseph

Jane Clairmont, wilful, rebellious, witty, and probably a good deal spoilt, whose subsequent conduct shows that she was utterly unamenable to her mother’s authority, was, at first, away at school.

From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas

This datu informed me that he anticipated trouble, as the Ma�ggu��gan was of a different breed, being at times altogether unamenable to reason.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.