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Adjective: nonresistant  ,nón-ri'zi-stunt
  1. Offering no resistance, compliant
    "The nonresistant material easily bent under pressure"
     
  2. (often followed by ‘to’) likely to be affected with
    "nonresistant to diabetes";
    - liable, nonimmune, unresistant
Noun: non-resistant
  1. A reformer who believes in passive resistance
    "Gandhi was a famous non-resistant who advocated for peaceful protest";
    - passive resister

Derived forms: non-resistants

See also: compliant, susceptible

Type of: crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer