nonresistant

[ non-ri-zis-tuhnt ]

adjective

1. not able, conditioned, or constructed to withstand the effect of something, as a disease, a specific change in temperature, or harsh treatment; susceptible to damage or ill effects.
2. not resistant; passively obedient.

noun

1. a person who does not resist force.
2. a person who maintains that violence or established authority, even when tyrannical, should not be resisted by force.

nonresistant

/ ˌnɒnrɪˈzɪstənt /

adjective

1. incapable of resisting something, such as a disease; susceptible
2. history (esp in 17th-century England) practising passive obedience to royal authority even when its commands were unjust

Derived Forms

• ˌnonreˈsistance, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of nonresistant¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; non- + resistant

Example Sentences

Working with Valerie Kickhoefer in Rome’s lab, the group then found that the drug-resistant cancer cells generated many more vaults than nonresistant ones, suggesting the structures might sequester or expel chemotherapies.

From Science Magazine

Because of the study’s small sample size — just eight resistant and four nonresistant trees at each site — Preisser calls it a “proof of concept” that adelgid-resistant trees can be found and propagated.

From Washington Post

Because this was a nonresistant “control” tree, she expected an orange infection to spread swiftly from the inoculation site and eventually encircle the small stem.

From New York Times

When a mutation produces resistance to a fungicide, that particular strain will flourish as the nonresistant strains die off.

From Scientific American

AMR happens when microbes acquire resistance, mutate or are exposed to an environment where they can develop without the balance provided by nonresistant strains, resulting in their spread.

From Scientific American

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