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Recent Examples of unresponsive
At the hospital, Metcalf lost his pulse and became unresponsive, according to Sylvia.
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 Jan. 2026
The child reportedly was found unresponsive in a bedroom inside the burning building and later transported to a Boston-area hospital.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Once there, police located an unresponsive victim who had been found underwater in a pool.
—Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 5 Jan. 2026
He was found unresponsive in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home and pronounced dead at the scene.
—Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Jan. 2026
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 Jan. 2026
The child reportedly was found unresponsive in a bedroom inside the burning building and later transported to a Boston-area hospital.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Once there, police located an unresponsive victim who had been found underwater in a pool.
—Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 5 Jan. 2026
He was found unresponsive in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home and pronounced dead at the scene.
—Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresponsive
Adjective
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Data released earlier this week further confirmed the listless state of the broader labor market.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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One was a listless, underweight female goat with no appetite.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Netflix is an ironic home for a swoony love letter to cinema; the streamer remains fairly uninterested in the theatrical experience.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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Many people inside Rogers Centre left their seats promptly, uninterested in watching the Dodgers celebrate on Toronto’s home field after winning a second consecutive title.—
Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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There’s a sanguine sweetness to the proceedings, and a lackadaisical approach to dry joke delivery that sort of resembles Wes Anderson’s stop-motion work like The Fantastic Mr. Fox (and to a lesser degree his live-action movies).—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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However the United Farmworkers Union has contended that staff shortages and lackadaisical management prevent the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA, from effectively enforcing those rules, leading to workers’ debilitating conditions and even death.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Even if kids are involved in the process, the bags still run the risk of feeling more perfunctory than personal, as though the primary goal is to check an item off the to-do list.—
Mandy Len Catron,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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But the show’s engagement with this material now often feels perfunctory, more interested in displaying cleverness or swagger than in advancing character.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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
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He is learned, frail, accomplished, absent, selfish and unemotional.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Like the vast, uncaring jungle in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, the Tyranids are an irresistible force that seeks to surround and destroy humanity through the weight of pure biological necessity.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Lady Luck and Mister Fate can be a mean couple, uncaring of you or me.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Other reports said Sanders appeared disinterested in some meetings, notably with the Giants.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
28 Dec. 2025
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Ditch the disinterested Aggressively screen out people based on their interest in you.—
Judd B. Kessler,
CNBC,
17 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Staying small has also, historically, been linked to staying weak, preoccupied, and politically apathetic—all qualities that women in this country (or frankly, any country) cannot afford to be at this moment.—
Michelle Konstantinovsky,
Glamour,
22 Dec. 2025
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Coles’ father was apathetic to the point of never giving his son a Christmas gift.—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
2 Dec. 2025
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“Unresponsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unresponsive. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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