unamenable
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.əˈmiː.nə.bəl/us/ˌʌn.əˈmiː.nə.bəl//ˌʌn.əˈmen.ə.bəl/If you are unamenable to something, you are notwillingtoacceptit or beinfluencedby it:
Thesechildrenaretotallyunamenabletodiscipline.
Fewpeopleare unamenabletohisconsiderablecharm.
If something is unamenable tostudy,measurement, etc., it cannot bestudied,measured, etc.:
Thediseaseturnedout to beunpredictableand unamenable toscientificstudy.
Opposite
amenable
- They areconvincedthat they arerightand arecompletelyunamenable toargumentorpersuasion.
- Theminimumamountofmoneyyou need to havesavedinordertoretireis unamenable toprecisemeasurement.
Unwilling and reluctant
- arsed
- balk
- baulk
- be blowed if...idiom
- be in no mood forsomething/to dosomethingidiom
- begrudge
- compassion fatigue
- deign
- disinclination
- disinclined
- disobliging
- fag
- indisposed
- indisposition
- not have the heart todo somethingidiom
- not have the stomach forsomethingidiom
- ratheryouthanmeidiom
- reluctance
- reluctant
- wouldn't
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Impossible and improbable