unresponsively
- adverb
- /ˌʌnrɪˈspɒnsɪvli/
:
sin responder
- The dog lay unresponsively on the floor.
Examples
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She stared unresponsively at the screen.
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The device behaved unresponsively during the test, failing to register any commands.
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The computer sat unresponsively after I clicked the button several times.
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He stared unresponsively at the screen, lost in thought.
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He listened unresponsively while his friend shared exciting news.
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The dog lay unresponsively on the ground, ignoring the commotion around it.
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Even after several questions, she responded unresponsively, as if lost in thought.
Antonyms
How Responsive
Surface Forms
Morphology
unresponsively = unresponsive (transparent) = un + respond + ive + ly
Forming an adverb from the adjective 'unresponsive' with the productive suffix '-ly' is a regular and easily understood process.
Etymology
Unresponsively breaks into un- meaning 'not' and responsive from respond, which means 'to answer' or 'to react'. So unresponsively means 'in a way that does not react', like a device or person that gives no reply when you try to get a response.