From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishresistantre‧sis‧tant /rɪˈzɪstənt/ ●○○ adjective1SAMEnot damaged or affected by something → proofresistant to
an infection that’s resistant to antibioticsheat-resistant/stain-resistant/fire-resistant etc
shock-resistant rubber2AGAINST/OPPOSEopposed to something and wanting to prevent it from happeningresistant to
Many managers are resistant to change.Examples from the Corpusresistant• We are exceedingly fortunate that many of our products and our customers are relatively recessionresistant.• This is not always a faircriticism, as they themselves may have been extremely resistant to being told anything.• The realignment of these societies was necessarily slow, their central value-systems resistant to change.• The cystssurvive well in cold water and are even resistant to chlorination.• Plant tomatovarietiesresistant to nematodes.• The numbers of damaging insectspeciesresistant to pesticide have multiplied from 160 to 450 since 1960.• Look for resistant varieties if you remain dissatisfied with your present vines.resistant to• Manhattan's communityplanners are notoriously resistant to change.• After two years the AIDSvirus becomes resistant to the drug AZT.
