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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He was found unresponsive and pronounced dead by the Miami Fire Rescue Department Monday afternoon, according to ICE.
—Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 27 June 2025
When he was found unresponsive on June 23, ICE said medical staff responded immediately and began performing CPR.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Daniel Park, 32, was found unresponsive at the Metropolitan Detention Center around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday and pronounced dead at a hospital, the U.S. Justice Department said.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 26 June 2025
Daniel Park, 32, was found unresponsive at the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, officials said.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
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Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 27 June 2025
When he was found unresponsive on June 23, ICE said medical staff responded immediately and began performing CPR.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Daniel Park, 32, was found unresponsive at the Metropolitan Detention Center around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday and pronounced dead at a hospital, the U.S. Justice Department said.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 26 June 2025
Daniel Park, 32, was found unresponsive at the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, officials said.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 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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