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Recent Examples of unresponsive
Tussey, a mother of three, became unresponsive, and she was rushed to TriHealth Bethesda North Hospital, where she was placed on life support.
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
Activists could argue that administration officials have been unresponsive to widespread protests against federal immigration enforcement.
—Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2026
Antibiotics can be lifesaving medications for treating infections, but scientists have long worried about how overuse may be fueling antimicrobial resistance — the rise of bacterial strains that are unresponsive to these medications.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Police say Martinez had been participating in a fraternity initiation event the night before he was found unresponsive.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
Activists could argue that administration officials have been unresponsive to widespread protests against federal immigration enforcement.
—Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2026
Antibiotics can be lifesaving medications for treating infections, but scientists have long worried about how overuse may be fueling antimicrobial resistance — the rise of bacterial strains that are unresponsive to these medications.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Police say Martinez had been participating in a fraternity initiation event the night before he was found unresponsive.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresponsive
Adjective
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The sort of listless displays that make supporters groan before halftime.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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Just a few hours before his lineup looked listless and his management betrayed a lack of urgency, DeRosa also fondly regaled the media with an account of how late his team stayed in the clubhouse drinking and celebrating their win the night before.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Henry's parents, Dandy and Tyrion, are a new couple who seem uninterested in incubating their eggs, Sea Life Weymouth aquarist Charlotte Edge said.—
KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
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The phrasing is flat, declarative, and uninterested in anecdote; taken together, the dicta sketch a profile that is periodic, age-linked, and seasonal.—
Jan Steyn,
The Dial,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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And there was nothing lackadaisical about any of those things.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2026
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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
Adjective
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All the while, attendants processed passengers with an efficiency that felt more perfunctory than polite.—
Chris Schalkx,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Mar. 2026
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The Dominican team set a WBC record for home runs in this tournament – and, presumably, a record for ensuing bat flips and elaborate home run trots that turn a perfunctory trip around the bases into a performative celebration of national identity and personal swagger.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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While Clark was prone to long, unwieldy answers to questions, Meyer is pretty concise and unemotional in his responses.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Forbes.com,
22 Feb. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Standing outside her Brooklyn home on Friday, a devastated Wright struggled to understand how the driver who hit her child could be so uncaring.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
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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
Adjective
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And shame on the NBA for allowing the Wizards to be this disinterested.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2026
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The public better wake up, because the creativity of the MTA, and Hochul’s gouging of a disinterested and unwise public, have no limits.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
8 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 21 Mar. 2026.
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