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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Kline was found lying unresponsive in the street near her home’s driveway with a head wound.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
When police arrived, Owens was unresponsive.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
But Hatton missed an appearance at an event a day later and his manager had arrived at his house on the morning of the 14th to take him to a flight to Dubai, where Hatton was found unresponsive.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Anaheim Police confirmed that the woman was unresponsive after exiting the ride, and that Disneyland security administered CPR until first responders rushed her to the hospital.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
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Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
When police arrived, Owens was unresponsive.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
But Hatton missed an appearance at an event a day later and his manager had arrived at his house on the morning of the 14th to take him to a flight to Dubai, where Hatton was found unresponsive.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Anaheim Police confirmed that the woman was unresponsive after exiting the ride, and that Disneyland security administered CPR until first responders rushed her to the hospital.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 16 Oct. 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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