Nonresistant and Refractory

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Nonresistant adjective - Receiving or enduring without offering resistance.

Usage example: the nonresistant arrest of most of the demonstrators

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Refractory is an antonym for nonresistant.

Refractory adjective - Given to resisting authority or another's control.

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Nonresistant is an antonym for refractory.

$Similar words of refractory$

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$Antonyms for refractory$

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