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Recent Examples of unreceptive
And now, Democrats warned, targeting nominees' résumés risks reinforcing the image that the party is unreceptive to the beliefs of everyday Americans about what ails the country.
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Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2024
Minority students tended to leave school for reasons including inadequate high school preparation, unreceptive and alien campus environments and inadequate career counseling.
—Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 29 Feb. 2024
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
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Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2024
Minority students tended to leave school for reasons including inadequate high school preparation, unreceptive and alien campus environments and inadequate career counseling.
—Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 29 Feb. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreceptive
Adjective
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Still, there was a partisan split on the question, with 44% of Republicans saying that funding should be ended, just 19% say it should be continued, and 37% are not sure..—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
9 June 2025
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That necessitates building partisan and international consensuses, which appear elusive in Trumpworld, in order to keep the project alive through changes in political control of the White House and Congress.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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The inherent orthodoxy of his premise excluded all other alternatives to narrow-minded rationalism and its ethical constraints.—
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Of the trio, Bernadette was written as the strictest rule-follower — possibly even the most narrow-minded.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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This bill is a great step to ensure that patients are getting the best information possible and from the right source: their providers and not biased advertisements.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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Security lapses like prompt injection, biased outputs and data leaks can quickly become brand or legal crises.—
Junyu Huang,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is back in business in Texas after the state removed it from a blacklist of financial firms that Republican officials deemed to be prejudiced against the oil and gas industry.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
5 June 2025
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Caton’s attorneys filed to dismiss the charges after Oleson was disbarred from practicing law in Idaho, arguing that continuing with the case was improper and prejudiced their client.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Apr. 2025
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There are 17 million children whose parents receive either no child tax credit or a partial credit because their income is too low, and the House Republicans’ plan would add 3 million to that number, according to Adam Ruben, director of advocacy organization Economic Security Project Action.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
13 June 2025
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Panthers take first penalty, Edmonton gets its first goal Seconds after Edmonton defenseman Evan Bouchard air mailed a partial breakaway, he got slashed by Sam Bennett.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Primroses are a bit picky and intolerant of full sun, dry weather, and extreme cold.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
4 June 2025
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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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Tanenhaus dwells on the bigoted views of Buckley’s father and Buckley’s editorials in the 1950s favoring segregation.—
The Editors,
National Review,
2 June 2025
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Last month, lawmakers and Jewish groups criticized Wilson for her history of antisemitic, bigoted social media posts and public commentary before joining the Trump administration.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Unreceptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreceptive. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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