insusceptible

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It was found that by continuing this process the animal might be rendered wholly insusceptible to the disease.

From Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World by Ridpath, John Clark

The plant next, though plastic in its elements, is comparatively insusceptible of change.

From Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Drummond, Henry

His soul, indurated by crime, was as insusceptible to the soothing influence of such aspects, as the cold rocky cavern where he had harbored, was impenetrable to the noonday blaze.

From Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by Simms, William Gilmore

We speak of persons as susceptible or insusceptible to music as we speak of good and poor conductors of electricity; and the analogy implied here is particularly apt and striking.

From How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art by Krehbiel, Henry Edward

Healthy men and animals often carry the poison, though themselves insusceptible.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various