a. [UN-1 7.] Not fully susceptible or awake to something.
1828. L. Hunt, Byron & Contemp. (ed. 2), I. 377. Dry, mechanical theorists, unalive to sentiment and fancy.
1855. Bagehot, Lit. Stud. (1879), I. 16. An experienced and erudite Frenchman, not unalive to artistic effect.
1893. G. Allen, Scallywag, III. 9. He was not unalive to the advantages of keeping up his dormant connection.
