unresponsiveness

Examples

• All

• The unresponsiveness of the software was frustrating, as it didn't acknowledge any of the user's commands.

• Larger and more powerful countries with relatively broad interests and expectations of leadership placed on them simply cannot afford a system that permits excessive unresponsiveness.

  Academic text (1994)

• The authors of the study readily acknowledge this apparent incongruence between expressed preferences and actual policy outcomes as "a puzzle" that on the surface seems to indicate a fundamental unresponsiveness of government.

  Academic text (2014)

• Users often complain about the app's unresponsiveness during busy hours, which makes it hard to access features.

Synonyms

F

frozenness

vsunresponsiveness

• Specialized

7.2

A program, screen, or device that stops responding to input

is broader, including slow delays and temporary unusable interfaces instead of only visible stops

I

irresponsiveness

vsunresponsiveness

6.6

Not replying or reacting when someone tries to contact you

is specific to computing, meaning failures to respond to user input or commands

I

inoperability

vsunresponsiveness

• Specialized

8.8

A condition in which two systems or devices cannot work together

is about temporary interface failures to user actions rather than full system breakdowns

Antonyms

F

functional

81 3.2

Working correctly so it can be used

R

responsive

• Texting

15 3.5

Adjusts layout to fit phones and computers

How Responsive

responsiveness

9 4.3

slowness

5 1.1

lag

46 4.1

unresponsiveness

• Specialized

5.9

to crash

• Specialized

156 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology