Receptive and Unreceptive

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Receptive adjective - Willing to consider new or different ideas.

Usage example: needed a partner who was receptive to new ways of managing the business

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Unreceptive is an antonym for receptive in topics: responsive, open, open to new ideas.

Unreceptive adjective - Not receptive.

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Receptive is an antonym for unreceptive.

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