susceptible
likely to be influenced or harmed by something
Word origin: From Latin suscipere, to take up or receive.
Susceptible in a sentence
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Young plants are especially susceptible to frost.
Seedlings raised in sterile conditions proved unusually susceptible to pathogens once transplanted into open soil.
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Using “susceptible” well
Susceptible means likely to be influenced or harmed by something, and it usually takes the preposition to. Do not confuse it with suspect or perceptible, which sound similar but differ in meaning.
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