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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Upon their arrival, Noor, Farhana and Kiran were found unresponsive and received CPR, officials said.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Laken Snelling, 21, was taken into custody on Sunday after officers with the Lexington Police Department responded to an unresponsive infant, according to officials.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
During meetings, his attorneys said, Brown would be completely unresponsive and keep his head down.
—Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025
Paramedics were already at the scene when officers arrived, Gonzalez said, and advised officers that an unresponsive man was inside an apartment.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Laken Snelling, 21, was taken into custody on Sunday after officers with the Lexington Police Department responded to an unresponsive infant, according to officials.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
During meetings, his attorneys said, Brown would be completely unresponsive and keep his head down.
—Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025
Paramedics were already at the scene when officers arrived, Gonzalez said, and advised officers that an unresponsive man was inside an apartment.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
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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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