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Recent Examples of unresponsive
The Stamp Act protests, the Boston Tea Party and the Committees of Correspondence embodied organized civic resistance that fueled the American Revolution, born of protest against unresponsive governance.
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Karl W. Bickel, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2026
Arriving officers located an unresponsive male gunshot victim, Boisvert said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2026
Trotsky briefly became unresponsive as Natalia frantically tried to work out what had transpired.
—Josh Ireland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Officers found Jordan unresponsive in one of the bedrooms.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2026
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Karl W. Bickel, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2026
Arriving officers located an unresponsive male gunshot victim, Boisvert said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2026
Trotsky briefly became unresponsive as Natalia frantically tried to work out what had transpired.
—Josh Ireland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Officers found Jordan unresponsive in one of the bedrooms.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresponsive
Adjective
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The Moment is a comedy with almost no effective jokes, a listless sense of pacing, and cinematography that is stylized but really not that stylish.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2026
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Children have become listless and suffered blotchy rashes, coughing and coughing spasms, dehydration and secondary infections including pneumonias.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Soon her two boys, Noah and Nico, found her – unsure about the commotion and clearly uninterested in the magnitude of the moment.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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His latest move from Los Angeles to Cleveland might have been his most pleasant divorce, which came partly because the Clippers were uninterested in guaranteeing his contract for next season.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The Timberwolves started 8 of 13 from 3-point range, posted a 40-point first quarter and ballooned their lead to 17 points late in the second quarter before a lackadaisical start to the second half.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Feb. 2026
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The Longhorns will have to tighten up their defense after two lackadaisical efforts.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Reiner, whose demeanor in court was quiet, if not confident, said one word in the perfunctory arraignment hearing.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
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The stares were blank and the handshakes perfunctory, because the Canadians know the value of silver as pertains to this tournament.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The reason why is that all of their star players behaved like Aztec alumnus Kawhi Leonard: unemotional, robotic freaks who do not care about anything other than basketball.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2026
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That’s the image projected by Chicago’s pragmatic, unemotional manager, Craig Counsell, who continues to get lustily booed in his hometown.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In any lesser performance, that character could’ve hardened into a villainous fairy-tale creature, the uncaring mother who has abandoned her child for the sake of her own unnatural career ambitions.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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And you’ll be known in history as the Christmas Miracle, five fragile lives tossed on the treacherous, uncaring currents of history, and the sea.—
Gawon Bae,
CNN Money,
25 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Not all municipalities were as eager to get involved as Fredlund learned in approaching a disinterested official.—
Sarah Kyrcz,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2026
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For all of his talent, Marshall seemed disinterested at times in 2020 and wasn’t always committed to finishing his routes or running them with consistent intensity.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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In their own interviews, her castmates range from apathetic to lightly judgmental.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
18 Feb. 2026
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The atmosphere was more apathetic than angry.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Unresponsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unresponsive. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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