UNRESPONSIVE Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

unresponsive

adjective

Definition of unresponsive

as in listless

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Recent Examples of unresponsive Frankfort police officers responded to Walsh’s home Tuesday afternoon and found her son unresponsive. — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Officers found an unresponsive man who was lying on the sidewalk in front of the store and had gunshot wounds, the sheriff’s office said. — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026 Harper said the driver was unresponsive, and the officer removed the driver and began to perform CPR until Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District medics arrived. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Consciousness itself can hide in unexpected places, too, with some patients in comas who seem entirely unresponsive revealing signs of a mind at work. — Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unresponsive

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresponsive

Adjective

Marty Zweben Palos Verdes Estates Time for change The Dodgers look completely listless, and waiting for slumping veterans like Teoscar Hernández and Kyle Tucker to snap out of it is a losing strategy.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Berterame started up front along with Luis Suarez, but the duo were unable to find the back of the net in a listless first half that remained scoreless as the teams headed to intermission.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of listless

Adjective

For some, the experience seemed to reinforce their feeling that the political system is broken — or, at least, uninterested in them.

— Esther King, The Dial, 15 Sep. 2026
More disappointing, and more baffling, is how completely uninterested Practical Magic 2 is in the next generation of Owens girls.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of uninterested

Adjective

Whitmore appeared in 21 games last season before coach Brian Keefe benched him in early December because of Whitmore’s lack of passing on offense and lackadaisical defense.

— Josh Robbins, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Its knit fabric never requires an iron or steamer, and it’s held up through countless washes without pilling despite my lackadaisical approach to laundry.

— Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of lackadaisical

Adjective

Pragmatic and unemotional, Jung views every situation as a problem to be resolved.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
However, any moments that would be guaranteed to be grim end up being almost benign, as dead bodies are intact, have strangely unemotional, open-eyed faces, and almost seem like mannequins buried under mud and sand.

— Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of unemotional

Adjective

However, his team describes Fred as a tyrant, who is uncaring and belligerent and micro-manages everything.

— Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Other scholars, however, downplay the book’s diablerie, viewing the Pequod’s captain instead as an admirably heroic overreacher or a latter-day Prometheus facing down the gods, fate, the uncaring universe.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026