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Antonyms for unresponsive


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
Example sentences :
  • 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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