unreceptive

Example Sentences

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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

Though only up shortly, his videos changed the minds of two people he had thought would be unreceptive: his parents.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022

Each time sheriff’s deputies checked on him, they found the man obeying the law and unreceptive to their offers for help.

From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2022

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