unreceptive

Example Sentences

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It would be the very incurious, unreceptive viewer who leaves “Idea Man” without a heightened appreciation of the human and his work.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024

In George Cooper's case, he says one was "so unreceptive to the point where they were actually angry", and for Elle Gorman, they questioned whether she was "not eating on purpose".

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2023

She described the mutinous officers as unreceptive to her appeals to start negotiations and restore constitutional rule.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2023

The Pentagon was caught off guard by the Haitian request for troops on Friday and quickly struck an unreceptive tone.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2021

Might all the societies of an entire continent be unreceptive, thereby explaining technology’s slow pace of development there?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond