nonresponsive
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7.5
- adjective
- /ˌnɒn.rɪˈspɒn.sɪv/
- Formal
- The school's response to the students' concerns was deemed nonresponsive, prompting a call for a meeting.
Examples
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REO listing agents are at times nonresponsive due to the number of files they are trying to move.
Blog text (19) -
With decreased church revenues and nonresponsive state legislative support, colleges turned to alternative funding sources, namely, alumni financial support.
Academic text (1993) -
These parents report feeling further victimized by a legal system that is nonresponsive to their pleas for help and to their loss, as detailed in section III.B.
Academic text (2017) -
FMS customers perceived Department of Defense logistics (the sustainment side of FMS) as nonresponsive because of slow service; in 1998, there were thirty-nine thousand FMS backorders.
Academic text (2001) -
The vendor's proposal was nonresponsive, leading the committee to reject it.
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After multiple inquiries, the spokesperson remained nonresponsive to our requests for clarification.
Synonyms
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4.9
Not answering or showing interest when someone asks
Antonyms
How Compliant
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonresponsive = responsive (transparent) = non + respond + ive
The meaning is directly compositional: 'non-' negates 'responsive'.
Etymology
Nonresponsive comes from non- 'not' and respond 'to answer'. In bids or applications, a nonresponsive proposal is one that does not 'answer' the required questions or follow the rules, so it can be rejected.