unresponsive

Examples

• All

• When I called her name, she remained unresponsive and did not look up from her book.

• The nurse said the patient is unresponsive to any verbal commands or physical stimuli.

• One hit, and I was able to get to an unresponsive accident victim.

  Blog text (3)

• Not long ago, Miss Farmer seemed totally unresponsive to treatment.

  Frances (1982)

• He's unresponsive, but we are heading back as fast as we can.

  Last Breath (2025)

• But when she went back a second time, the girl was limp and unresponsive.

  Academic text (2011)

• The good news is your husband made it through surgery with no complications, but he had severe head trauma and is unresponsive.

  Nine Lives (2016)

• His vital signs seem stable, but he's unresponsive to stimuli.

  Event Horizon (1997)

• At about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, paramedics responded to... ...a report of an unresponsive person near the tracks at Haymarket station.

  Tarot (2024)

• Among the 129 of 149 students who participated in the full 14-week regimen, 33 were unresponsive (according to local norms).

  Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

D

deaf

vsunresponsive

84 5.0

Not willing to listen to warnings or advice

is broader, covering lack of reaction to many kinds of influence

A

apathetic

vsunresponsive

24 6.8

Not showing much interest or energy

covers any lack of reaction beyond emotional indifference

U

unmoved

vsunresponsive

8 5.1

Not showing strong feelings or any visible reaction

includes this emotional lack but also physical or communicative nonresponse

U

uncommunicative

vsunresponsive

4 6.3

Not willing to talk or give information

is the general failure to react or respond beyond just speaking

N

nonresponsive

vsunresponsive

3 6.2

Not reacting to a question or an action

is the broader state of not reacting to influence, stimulus, or communication

I

insensible

vsunresponsive

1 7.3

Does not notice or care about things that upset other people

is the neutral idea of not reacting to influence or communication

N

nonreactive

vsunresponsive

1 5.3

Someone or something that shows no response when something happens

is the general absence of reaction to influence or communication

U

unreceptive

vsunresponsive

1 6.3

Not willing to listen to or accept new ideas

is the wider absence of reaction to influence, stimulus, or communication

U

unreactive

vsunresponsive

1 6.5

Does not show feelings or respond when someone tries to upset them

focuses on the same lack of reaction to influence or communication

A

answerless

vsunresponsive

7.9

Not giving any reply and staying silent

describes lack of response more generally, not only silence

I

incommunicative

vsunresponsive

7.6

Unwilling to talk or answer questions

is the broader lack of response to communication or other stimuli

Antonyms

R

responsive

61 4.0

React quickly and helpfully to people and things

R

reactive

24 4.3

Quickly showing a strong response when something affects it

How Responsive

responsive

61 4.0

reactive

24 4.3

unresponsive

20 4.7

slow

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology