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

Breivik has so far shown himself to be unreceptive to rehabilitative work according to a written statement from Hjetland to the court ahead of the trial, which is scheduled to end on Friday.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 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

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