Definition of unresponsive
: 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
unresponsively
adverb staring unresponsivelyunresponsiveness
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First Known Use of unresponsive
1768
Medical Dictionary
unresponsive
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adjective
un·re·spon·sive
\ˌən-ri-ˈspän(t)-siv\
Medical Definition of unresponsive
: not responsive (as to a stimulus or treatment) an unresponsive ulcer
unresponsiveness
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