unreceptive

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for unreceptive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreceptive
Adjective
  • Algorithmic recommendation engines that power everything from X to YouTube can even contribute to a slow-burn destabilization of American society by shoving consumers into partisan echo chambers that increase polarization and erode social trust.
    Seth Ashley, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The federal government was small by modern standards, but President Jackson’s appointment of loyalists as federal land agents and postmasters meant that political appointees had power to allocate lucrative land sales in the frontier and distribute partisan newspapers.
    Yong Kwon / Made by History, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Gazing out onto Prince William Sound with its stunning scenery had this narrow-minded city-and-car guy bitten by the cruise bug.
    David Dickstein, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The Grammys have always prized a narrow-minded, classic sense of musicianship: deft songwriting, big vocals, live instrumentation.
    Justin Curto, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Continuous bias auditing throughout AI development helps detect and correct biased outcomes.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Ultimately the cause of these harms is the same: data that inadvertently produce biased outcomes.
    State Sen. James Maroney, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Desiree confronts the prejudiced church pastor in a clash that’s not truly resolved.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The sudden shift flummoxed the music industry, which had inherited a profoundly prejudiced business structure from the totalizing predation of Jim Crow.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • One unsavory reality about this journey is there's no such thing as partial credit.
    Ray Zhou, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The new moon partial solar eclipse in Aries on March 29th (6:58 a.m. EST) is our green light to set intentions, make power moves, and start anew.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, refinery29.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Cats that are intolerant to lactose may experience gas, vomiting or diarrhea after eating dairy products.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
  • India has become fitfully intolerant of entertainment that offends certain sensibilities, often religious.
    Alex Travelli, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • How long will this continue before reciting bigoted chants and bearing weapons becomes blocking Jews from buildings and harming Israeli students?
    Ellia M Torkian, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The slogan put the audience in the shoes of a casually bigoted, insubordinate alcoholic who bends the NYPD’s rules in pursuit of drug runners.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025

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“Unreceptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreceptive. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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