English-Dutch translations for susceptible

• vatbaar
  Er zijn altijd enkele mensen die daarvoor vatbaar zijn. There is always a handful of people who are susceptible to this.
  Hierdoor zijn onze aardappelen en wintergranen vatbaar voor onkruid en ziekten zoals meeldauw. This makes our potatoes and winter cereal crops susceptible to weeds and disease such as blight.

Definition of susceptible

• likely to be affected by something
• easily influenced or tricked; credulous
• that, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
• vulnerable; defenseless
• A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease

Examples

• He was susceptible to minor ailments.
• Rational numbers are susceptible of description as quotients of two integers.
• A properly prepared surface is susceptible of an enduring paint job.

Related words

• susceptibility
• insusceptible
• magnetic susceptibility
• be susceptible