Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
nonsusceptible

nonsusceptible

7.8
Not likely to be harmed or affected by something
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒn.səˈsɛp.tə.bəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : no susceptible
  • Vaccinated individuals are often considered nonsusceptible to certain diseases, making outbreaks less likely.

Examples

  • Assuming that persons 65 years of age had preexisting immunity against the A(H1N1)pdm09 virus, as suggested by other studies (9-12), the community possibly had a larger number of nonsusceptible persons.

    Academic text (2012)

  • As in those studies, we found that serotypes 1 and 5 caused IPD but were not associated with death. Serotype 35B has been reported as nonsusceptible to penicillin (35).

    Academic text (2015)

  • For this study, we redefined the variable to include just two categories: "susceptible" (cases reported as susceptible by the countries) and "nonsusceptible" (intermediate and resistant), both for penicillin and erythromycin.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Subanalysis of the association between susceptibility to penicillin and outcome for serotype 35B found no significant differences in risk for death between susceptible and nonsusceptible cases. Risk Factors for IPD-Associated Death

    Academic text (2015)

  • Children who have been immunized against measles are nonsusceptible and help protect their community.

  • The research showed that nonsusceptible people were not affected by the virus that caused the outbreak.

Synonyms

unaffected
vsnonsusceptible
3 3.9

Not changed or harmed by something and not showing strong feeling

refers to being unlikely to be affected rather than just unchanged
nonreactive
vsnonsusceptible
  • Specialized
1 4.6

A material that does not change when it touches another substance

focuses on general resistance to harm rather than response absence
unsusceptible
vsnonsusceptible
8.2

Not easily affected or harmed by something

is identical in meaning while differing only by form
insusceptible
vsnonsusceptible
8.1

Not likely to be harmed or changed by something

is the established term for the same concept differing only in form
unreactive
vsnonsusceptible
  • Specialized
6.3

Does not easily take part in a chemical change, like noble gases

applies more broadly to being unlikely to be affected rather than chemical tendency

Antonyms

susceptible
79 5.5

Easily affected or harmed by something

How Susceptible

vulnerable
581 4.0
susceptible
79 5.5
nonsusceptible
  • Specialized
7.8

Surface Forms

nonsusceptible positive

Morphology

nonsusceptible = susceptible (transparent) = non + susceptible

The negative prefix 'non-' is productively added to the familiar adjective 'susceptible', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not likely to be affected'.

Etymology

Nonsusceptible breaks into non- ('not') and susceptible, which comes from a root meaning 'take' as in the common word accept. So nonsusceptible means 'not able to be taken' by something, which is why we use it for people or things that are not likely to be affected or harmed.