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resistant
[ ri-zis-tuhnt ]
adjective
- exhibiting or offering resistance; resisting (often used in combination):
stain-resistant;
resistant to change.
noun
- a person or thing that resists.
Other Word Forms
- ·aԳ· adverb
- t··tԳ adjective noun
- t··tԳ·ly adverb
- ܲr·aԳ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of resistant1
Example Sentences
The courts have been more resistant, with well over 100 rulings so far halting presidential actions they deem to be unconstitutional, according to a tally by the New York Times.
Steward said his daughter, while surfing nearby, became sick with an infection from a type of bacteria called MRSA, which is resistant to many antibiotics.
Rowling is exactly the type of person who is so resistant to change and progress that she’s turned her entire life into a fight against those two things.
Office buildings will be rebuilt and must be resistant to future earthquakes, he said, with tests on soil also being conducted before any rebuilding is done.
Right from the outset Ireland has been resistant to its own parallel inquiry.
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