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Recent Examples of unreceptive
This is not likely to be effective given that conspiratorial thinking tends to become so entrenched that the believer comes to be entirely unreceptive to reasons.
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Rafael Perez, Orange County Register, 12 Apr. 2024
This film is a prime example of how the sci-fi genre helps creators to pass along (often very preachy) messages to otherwise unreceptive audiences.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2023
Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met with Niger's junta members in the capital this week but called them unreceptive to her demands to restore Niger's democracy.
—Ellen Knickmeyer and Tracy Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2023
Republican voters, especially the MAGA supporters, have been unreceptive.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
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Rafael Perez, Orange County Register, 12 Apr. 2024
This film is a prime example of how the sci-fi genre helps creators to pass along (often very preachy) messages to otherwise unreceptive audiences.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2023
Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met with Niger's junta members in the capital this week but called them unreceptive to her demands to restore Niger's democracy.
—Ellen Knickmeyer and Tracy Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2023
Republican voters, especially the MAGA supporters, have been unreceptive.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreceptive
Adjective
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The constitutional principles at stake should transcend partisan politics.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Notably, these fundamental social needs aren't partisan.—
Gillian Oakenfull,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Some people associate a frugal spender with a narrow-minded person who is a tightwad, a cheapskate, a penny-pincher, and worse of all an outright scrooge.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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People are going to take things and run with them and be narrow-minded or whatever or take something out of context.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
19 Dec. 2024
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Rarely than focusing on individual behavior shifts to be less biased, which has proven to be ineffective, Chilazi’s research recommends focusing on debiasing the systems instead to prevent inevitable human bias.—
Julie Kratz,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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This week’s Liberal Media Scream puts the spotlight on CNN and its hosting of a left-wing comic so biased and X-rated that she was dumped from performing at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This feature empowers users to opt into generating free and fair content, minimizing prejudiced outcomes and promoting inclusivity.—
Antara Dave,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Although campuses witnessed a spike in antisemitic incidents after the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, people who attend universities are significantly less prejudiced against Jews than the overall population is.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Karim, 29, says snail harvesting has proved to be profitable, beneficial and much in demand -- one of many Tunisians who say the mollusks are providing a partial solution to the nation's 40% youth unemployment rate.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Apr. 2025
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Schopper's store was allegedly selling two human skull fragments for $90, a human clavicle and scapula for $90, a human rib for $35, a human vertebrae for $35 and a partial human skull for $600, the affidavit said.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Hellenistic culture was imperfectly tolerant; the Christian one perfectly intolerant.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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The American people need to know that Lin-Manuel Miranda is intolerant of people who don't agree with him politically.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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No one else with direct access to the president has been as outwardly bigoted.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2025
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Alas, when Roseanne Barr, who was warned to stay off social media, hit send on a bigoted tweet, she was removed from her own show.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Unreceptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreceptive. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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