UNRESPONSIVE Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

unresponsive

adjective

Definition of unresponsive

as in listless

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Recent Examples of unresponsive Urker was found unresponsive by a family member Thursday night in his Louisiana home. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2026 In the morning, the foster mother found the girl unresponsive. — Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 The player reportedly suffered a catastrophic brain injury during the workout and has been described as unresponsive. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Officers searched the area and found Heberling unresponsive in a nearby fenced-in grassy area in the 1400 block of Askew Avenue. — Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unresponsive

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresponsive

Adjective

The Chargers, meantime, opened with three losses for the first time since 2017, and feature a listless, sputtering offense that lacks finish under first-year offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
In her final years, disappointed visitors reportedly threw sand into her cage to try to make the listless bird move, as author Joel Greenberg recounted to National Geographic.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of listless

Adjective

Its own fan base seems uninterested and is voting with its feet by finding other places to be on fall Saturdays.

— David Ubben, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Since lower rates are directly tied to demand in a name like that (think Club name Home Depot ), then rates really are a concern meaningful enough to keep us uninterested.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of uninterested

Adjective

This is not to say that coach Marco Sturm will be lackadaisical.

— Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 11 Sep. 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

Intended for short, procedural orders, the justices have instead been using the docket to make substantive legal decisions with perfunctory orders that offer thin or zero legal reasoning, after minimal briefing and, often, no oral argument.

— Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026
Hannah-Jones does repeat the old arguments about why these schools fail, but in an almost perfunctory manner, the way a heretic might recite the Lord’s Prayer more out of habit than out of belief.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of perfunctory

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

An online swarm of sleuths and influencers has been dissecting every detail of the case, developing theories that portray him as uncaring, unfaithful and even the murderer of his children.

— Ross Douthat, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026
However, his team describes Fred as a tyrant, who is uncaring and belligerent and micro-manages everything.

— Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of uncaring

Adjective

Played by a perpetually blank Ella Beatty, the daughter of Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, Lizzie is the belittled and abused daughter of a disinterested father, Andrew (Charlie Hunnam), and hateful step-mother, Abby (Rebecca Hall).

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026
In the darkly funny cold open, Loy is shown teaching martial arts to disinterested children and pushing an absurd business called Studios in the Sky, which converts shipping containers into living spaces.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of disinterested

Adjective

An ‘apathetic polarization’ The vote comes at a time of deep polarization among the electorate, who are slower to engage than in previous races.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
That apathetic approach, which starts off pretty funny, becomes increasingly vexing, especially when the film takes a turn that requires some actual fire from Johnson’s performance.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026