unresponsive
adjective
un·re·spon·sive
ˌən-ri-ˈspän(t)-siv 
: not responsive
The patient was unresponsive.
an infection unresponsive to antibiotics
an unresponsive bureaucracy
Although they are able to locate their own food at two weeks of age, fledgling robins will still piteously beg handouts from their increasingly unresponsive father.—
Millard H. Sharp
Millard H. Sharp
unresponsively
adverb
staring unresponsively
unresponsiveness
noun
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Despite officers' efforts to perform CPR on Kinney, who was unresponsive, he was pronounced dead 30 minutes later.
—Madeline Nguyen, The Arizona Republic, 26 Apr. 2024
Brice said, per NBC affiliate WRC-TV, that William and Zachariah were unresponsive for 45 minutes after firefighters pulled them out of the blaze.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
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Madeline Nguyen, The Arizona Republic, 26 Apr. 2024
Brice said, per NBC affiliate WRC-TV, that William and Zachariah were unresponsive for 45 minutes after firefighters pulled them out of the blaze.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
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unresponsive
adjective
un·re·spon·sive
ˌən-ri-ˈspän(t)-siv
: not responsive (as to a stimulus or treatment)
an unresponsive ulcer
unresponsiveness
noun
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