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nonreceptive

nonreceptive adjective: not receptive.

Adjective

nonreceptive (not comparable)

  1. Not receptive.

Origin of nonreceptive

From non- + receptive.

Questions about nonreceptive

What does nonreceptive mean?
Nonreceptive means not receptive.
What part of speech is nonreceptive?
Nonreceptive is an adjective.

Words near nonreceptive in the dictionary

  1. nonreceivable
  2. nonreceiving
  3. nonrecent
  4. nonrecently
  5. nonreception
  6. nonreceptive
  7. nonreceptivity
  8. nonreceptor
  9. nonrecess
  10. nonrecessed
  11. nonrecession

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