unteachability
Refusing to learn
Unteachability is the quality of being impossible or extremely difficult to teach.
The word usually describes a person's resistance to instruction—someone so stubborn, closed-minded, or set in their ways that no amount of guidance gets through: His unteachability frustrated every mentor he ever had.
Less commonly, it describes subject matter too complex or abstract to convey effectively.
Unreceptive to new ideas
- unreceptiveUnwilling to accept ideas
- imperviousUnable to be affected
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- recalcitrantStubbornly resistant to control
intractable · indocile · uncooperative · unresponsive · impermeable · unyielding · obdurate · unamenable
Open resistance to authority
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
rejection · refusal · nonconformity · opposition · contumacy · dissent · dissidence · pushback
Fortified or fixed position
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- immutabilityInability to change
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- ossificationConversion to bone tissue
inflexibility · unchangeability · dogmatism · narrow-mindedness · close-mindedness · stagnation · fossilization · calcification
Absence of knowledge
- incomprehensionLack of understanding
- densenessCrowded or stupid quality
- opacityImpermeability to light
- impenetrabilityResistance to penetration
dullness · obtuseness · imperviousness · insusceptibility · thickness · slow-wittedness · unenlightenment · incompetence
closed-minded
Unreceptive to new ideas
- unreceptiveUnwilling to accept ideas
- imperviousUnable to be affected
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
recalcitrant · intractable · indocile · uncooperative · unresponsive · impermeable · unyielding · obdurate · unamenable · unpersuadable
defiance
Open resistance to authority
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
disobedience · rejection · refusal · nonconformity · opposition · contumacy · dissent · dissidence · pushback · uncooperativeness
entrenchment
Fortified or fixed position
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- immutabilityInability to change
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
ossification · inflexibility · unchangeability · dogmatism · narrow-mindedness · close-mindedness · stagnation · fossilization · calcification
ignorance
Absence of knowledge
- incomprehensionLack of understanding
- densenessCrowded or stupid quality
- opacityImpermeability to light
impenetrability · dullness · obtuseness · imperviousness · insusceptibility · thickness · slow-wittedness · unenlightenment · incompetence · incapability
unteachabilityteachability
Receptiveness to guidance
receptiveness · educability · receptivity · trainability · coachability
unteachabilityopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
cognitive flexibility · intellectual curiosity · growth mindset · plasticity · adaptability
unteachabilityintellectual humility
Awareness of cognitive fallibility
humility · modesty · meekness · self-awareness · epistemic humility
teach, teachable, teachability, unteachable, teacher, teachers, teaching, teachings, taught