insusceptible

[ in-suh-sep-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. not susceptible; incapable of being influenced or affected (usually followed by of or to ):

   insusceptible of flattery; insusceptible to infection.

insusceptible

/ ˌɪnsəˈsɛptəbəl /

adjective

1. whenpostpositive, usually foll by to not capable of being affected (by); not susceptible (to)

Derived Forms

• ˌinsusˈceptibly, adverb
• ˌinsusˌceptiˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• insus·cepti·bili·ty noun
• insus·cepti·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of insusceptible¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; in- ³ + susceptible

Example Sentences

In an email to the Lexington Herald-Leader, the person purporting to be Eric Conn said the only assistance in his escape was “from someone who is absolutely insusceptible to the reach of American law.”

From Washington Times

In an email to the Lexington Herald-Leader, the person purporting to be Eric Conn said the only assistance in his escape was “from someone who is absolutely insusceptible to the reach of American law.”

From Seattle Times

At the time, Justice Gilmar Mendes noted that the right to free expression wasn’t “insusceptible to restriction.”

From Wall Street Journal

And then, even as the might of the individual seemed to have been curbed, the Principle of Might had sprung up behind him in another shape—in the shape of collective might, of banded ferocity, of numerous armies insusceptible to individual laws.

From Literature

A notable example concerns how differences in the composition of microbiotas determine the susceptibility of the mice to infection with C. rodentium: the transplantation of microbiotas from strains of mice that are susceptible to infection induced similar susceptibility in animals that were previously insusceptible, and the transplantation of microbiotas from resistant animals led to resistance to infection in previously susceptible animals14, 15.

From Nature