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resistant

[ ri-zis-tuhnt ]

adjective

  1. exhibiting or offering resistance; resisting (often used in combination):

    stain-resistant;

    resistant to change.



noun

  1. a person or thing that resists.
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Other Word Forms

  • ·aԳ· adverb
  • t··tԳ adjective noun
  • t··tԳ·ly adverb
  • ܲr·aԳ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of resistant1

1590–1600; < Middle French resistant, present participle of resister to resist; -ant
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Right from the outset Ireland has been resistant to its own parallel inquiry.

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