unamenable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   unwilling to accept a suggestion, request, or influence

   The committee remained unamenable to any compromise.

2. 2
   adj

   not suitable for a particular treatment or method

   The damaged material proved unamenable to repair.

Formed from un-, 'not,' and amenable. Amenable entered English through Anglo-French and originally referred to being liable or answerable to authority.

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