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Recent Examples of unresponsive
He was found unresponsive in the home this morning.
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Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2025
He was found unresponsive in the home Thursday morning.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 3 July 2025
Madsen was found unresponsive by deputies responding to a 911 call at his Malibu home and pronounced dead at 8:25 a.m., a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
Madsen was found unresponsive at his Malibu, Calif., Thursday morning, according to NBC Los Angeles.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2025
He was found unresponsive in the home Thursday morning.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 3 July 2025
Madsen was found unresponsive by deputies responding to a 911 call at his Malibu home and pronounced dead at 8:25 a.m., a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
Madsen was found unresponsive at his Malibu, Calif., Thursday morning, according to NBC Los Angeles.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresponsive
Adjective
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Buehler allowed four runs over a listless four-inning performance, and the offense squandered several key scoring chances late.—
Mac Cerullo,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2025
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However, the first baseman went 1-for-4 in the game, which featured a listless lineup, giving him a .143 average and a .447 OPS over his last 24 contests.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2025
Adjective
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Los Angeles also has problems of crime and homelessness the city government seems uninterested in fixing.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Despite her Oscar win, Matlin would repeatedly have to advocate for herself in an industry seemingly uninterested in Deaf characters.—
Tim Grierson,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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With so much to do, and with a lackadaisical sense of urgency, each area is filled with gleeful distractions.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
1 July 2025
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Now then, some angry pundits will excoriate you for being so lackadaisical.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The doc opens with a perfunctory overview of the artist’s early life, touching briefly on his childhood in Chicago and how the church introduced him to and shaped his musical style.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Mar. 2025
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Time after time, your off-brand chocobo will deliver you to a monster's lair for a perfunctory pummeling while your companions spout exposition.—
James Perkins Mastromarino,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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As LeMahieu rounded the bases, the typically unemotional infielder emphatically pumped his fist.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
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The scientist Hartnett was an unemotional witness called to speak to her professional analysis of the items she was tasked with looking at.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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But Season 4 brought a lot of depth to this seemingly incompetent and uncaring character.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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Toss in an uncaring government agent with an axe to grind.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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Western audiences absorb coverage of militant acts by a narrow segment of the Palestinian population while the intellect and insights of the rest are largely ignored by disinterested media institutions.—
Micah Danney,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
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The Marlins took a quick 3-0 lead, and from there, Birdsong looked very much like a green 23-year-old — either distracted or disinterested, but obviously off his game.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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But with an apathetic fan base, securing donations for a capital project was a non-starter, especially when name, image and likeness funding is paramount toward recruiting and retaining quality athletes.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Polls have shown that many Mexicans are both skeptical and apathetic— and have no idea whom to favor among the vast array of mostly unknown contenders, some with links to organized crime.—
Patrick J. McDonnell,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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“Unresponsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unresponsive. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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