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

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

She is in a functional but unhappy marriage, lives in a palatial apartment that looks more like a museum and tries to dote on her unreceptive son.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2021

The Pentagon was caught off guard by the Haitian request for troops on Friday and quickly struck an unreceptive tone.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2021

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