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Recent Examples of unresponsive
A day before that, police found 42-year-old Christopher Shannon unresponsive in the road on Allen Place following a report of shots fired.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
Jose Guadalupe Ramos-Solano, a 52-year-old father and Los Angeles resident, died Wednesday, March 25 after being found unconscious and unresponsive inside the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, ICE officials stated in a news release.
—Ryanne Mena, Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
In a statement, ICE said staff found Ramos-Solano unresponsive in his bunk and immediately initiated life-saving measures, including CPR, while calling emergency services.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Less than two hours after being moved into Ruis’ cell, Yates was found unresponsive.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
Jose Guadalupe Ramos-Solano, a 52-year-old father and Los Angeles resident, died Wednesday, March 25 after being found unconscious and unresponsive inside the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, ICE officials stated in a news release.
—Ryanne Mena, Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
In a statement, ICE said staff found Ramos-Solano unresponsive in his bunk and immediately initiated life-saving measures, including CPR, while calling emergency services.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Less than two hours after being moved into Ruis’ cell, Yates was found unresponsive.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresponsive
Adjective
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This sense of being listless without Kane is nothing new.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Smith’s swing capped a six-run ninth for the Braves, who were mostly listless offensively until that point.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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And for those uninterested in chess, there are plenty of other choices.—
Madison Beveridge,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Reske appears uninterested in fetishizing or recreating his past, and that’s probably for the best.—
David Glickman,
Pitchfork,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Nuggets played lackadaisical 1-on-1 and pick-and-roll defense on the perimeter.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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And there was nothing lackadaisical about any of those things.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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For Sommore, her entrance is anything but perfunctory.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
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Across his multimedia practice, Aram’s project is one of disrupting the habits of classification that render aesthetic judgment perfunctory.—
Julian Stern,
Artforum,
24 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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Granted, there is altogether too much sizing up of others’ appearances, and not all of it is positive and disinterested.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Chicago extended its lead to 66-37 by halftime and 100-63 by the end of the third against a Wizards team that appeared disinterested on defense.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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People aren’t apathetic — they’re locked out.—
Justin Rosenstein,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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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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“Unresponsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unresponsive. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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