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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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Earlier in the season, Pope apologized to the fan base after a listless 88-69 loss to Virginia in the home opener.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
2 Mar. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Many wanted to live in a single-family home but either were not ready or were uninterested in homeownership.—
Stephan Bisaha,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Whitt was demanding lackadaisical players perform up-downs when Sumrall’s booming voice rang out.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
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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
Adjective
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If the killers really were motivated by nostalgia, as Mindy suggests in her perfunctory (but mercifully brief) meta-monologue, there would be a thematic through-line to latch on to.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
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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
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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But dismissing public servants as lazy, overpaid or uncaring ignores the reality of the people doing the work — and undermines our ability to attract the talent needed to govern well.—
John Atkinson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Despite its name, detachment dating is not about caring less or acting disinterested.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
3 Mar. 2026
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Next to Nina sat Bess Pfeiffer, who, in her typical, drunken, combative fashion, seemed determined to pick an argument with Sam or Finn, equally disinterested parties.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Mar. 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 7 Mar. 2026.
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