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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Insusceptible \In`sus*cep`ti*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not +
     susceptible: cf. F. insusceptible.]
     Not susceptible; not capable of being moved, affected, or
     impressed; that can not feel, receive, or admit; as, a limb
     insusceptible of pain; a heart insusceptible of pity; a mind
     insusceptible to flattery; new strains of bacteria


     insusceptible to penicillin. -- {In`sus*cep`ti*bly} adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  insusceptible
       adj : not susceptible to [syn: {unsusceptible}] [ant: {susceptible}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "insusceptible":
     affectless, anesthetized, arctic, autistic, blunt, catatonic,
     chill, chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold-blooded, coldhearted,
     cool, dispassionate, drugged, dull, emotionally dead, emotionless,
     frigid, frosted, frosty, frozen, heartless, icy, immovable,
     impassible, impassive, inexcitable, insensitive, insentient,
     nonemotional, objective, obtuse, out of touch, passionless,
     self-absorbed, soulless, spiritless, unaffectionate, unemotional,
     unfeeling, unimpassioned, unimpressible, unimpressionable,
     unloving, unpassionate, unresponding, unresponsive, unsusceptible,
     unsympathetic, untouchable
  
  

















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