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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ri-spon-siv |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈspɒn sɪv |
Definition of unresponsive
Origin :- 1660s, "unable to reply," from un- (1) "not" + responsive. Meaning "not responding" is from 1775. Related: Unresponsiveness.
- adj not responsive
- That made him angry, and he said that insular envy made me unresponsive.
- Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
- She did not answer; unresponsive as a statue, she did not move.
- Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
- There is a fathomless look in his eyes and he is cold and unresponsive.
- Extract from : « Mary Louise in the Country » by L. Frank Baum (AKA Edith Van Dyne)
- He was unresponsive, and I could feel the restlessness of his fingers in my hair.
- Extract from : « Possessed » by Cleveland Moffett
- So unresponsive and dumb was he that they called him half-witted.
- Extract from : « Old Man Savarin and Other Stories » by Edward William Thomson
- Are the most influential men cold and unresponsive to the call of the Spirit?
- Extract from : « Broken Bread » by Thomas Champness
- But these found him so unresponsive that they soon left him alone.
- Extract from : « Mary Louise Solves a Mystery » by L. Frank Baum
- He took her hand in the darkness; it was cold and unresponsive as a stone.
- Extract from : « The Country House » by John Galsworthy
- Grimly they pursued the way, automaton-like, unresponsive now to horror or any emotive.
- Extract from : « The Beginning » by Henry Hasse
- It made a picture whose beauty might have impressed the most unresponsive.
- Extract from : « The Trail to Yesterday » by Charles Alden Seltzer
Synonyms for unresponsive
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