unresponsive
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4.9
- adjective
- /ˌʌnrɪˈspɒnsɪv/
:
poco receptivo
- The patient lay unresponsive on the hospital bed, not reacting to the doctors' attempts to wake him.
- unresponsive student
- unresponsive government
- culturally unresponsive
And all the vets that are stuck on too many meds stuck fighting against a horrifically unresponsive VA system.
- And all the vets that are stuck on too many meds stuck fighting against a horrifically unresponsive VA system.
- I think there's there's cynicism of how imperial Washington has become and unresponsive.
Examples
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The second tier is designed to support students who are unresponsive to the prevention strategies of the first tier.
Academic text (2013) -
He's been unresponsive the last few days.
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Mr. Chairman, this witness has been unresponsive, even hostile, to this Committee.
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Government agencies are largely unresponsive and rarely coordinate among themselves.
Academic text (2004) -
Conversely, those who remain unresponsive need to be held accountable.
Academic text (2015) -
In spite of my encouragements, he remains unresponsive.
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Children with autism tend to withdraw or be socially unresponsive.
Academic text (2009) -
Many students who are unresponsive to secondary prevention have uneven profiles of academic development.
Academic text (2012) -
Many others, however, remained unresponsive to the needs of immigrants in their student bodies (Gray et al., 1996).
Academic text (2002) -
The most intensive tier, tier three, provides support to students who are unresponsive to the previous two tiers.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
84
5.0
Not willing to listen to warnings or advice
46
4.4
Not interested or showing no strong feeling about something
24
6.8
Not showing much interest or energy
20
3.5
Not wanting to know about or take part in something
3
6.2
Not reacting to a question or an action
1
7.3
Does not notice or care about things that upset other people
1
6.3
Not willing to listen to or accept new ideas
1
6.5
Does not show feelings or respond when someone tries to upset them
Unwilling to talk or answer questions
Antonyms
How Responsive
Surface Forms
Morphology
unresponsive = responsive (transparent) = un + respond + ive
Standard negative formation with 'un-' on the adjective 'responsive', keeping the expected meaning.
Etymology
The word unresponsive comes from the parts un- 'not' and respond 'to answer', like the word response, so a helpful way to remember it is to imagine someone who will not 'answer' with words or interest. That's why unresponsive describes a person who does not reply, react, or show interest in questions or requests.