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Recent Examples of unresponsive
William Stevenson, 77, was arrested in connection with the death of his wife, 64-year-old Linda Stevenson, who was found unresponsive in December inside a Delaware home.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Officers were called to an off-campus residence on Saturday morning where others were performing CPR on the student, who was found unresponsive.
—Lindsay Good, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026
According to the release, the woman was found unresponsive in her Elsmere-area living room at the scene.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
The outlets reported that Loyd Alan Kerr, 50, was found dead near the front entryway of the residence with a gunshot wound to the head, while his estranged wife, Rachael Renee Kerr, 43, was located unresponsive in the yard with an apparent gunshot wound to the neck.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Officers were called to an off-campus residence on Saturday morning where others were performing CPR on the student, who was found unresponsive.
—Lindsay Good, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026
According to the release, the woman was found unresponsive in her Elsmere-area living room at the scene.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
The outlets reported that Loyd Alan Kerr, 50, was found dead near the front entryway of the residence with a gunshot wound to the head, while his estranged wife, Rachael Renee Kerr, 43, was located unresponsive in the yard with an apparent gunshot wound to the neck.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresponsive
Adjective
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Pageau smashed home his second goal late in the third to finish off a listless Flyers team.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Against the Patriots, the Chargers appeared even more listless as Herbert struggled to connect with his receivers, completing 19 of 31 passes for 159 yards.—
Los Angeles Times staff,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Others are single and uninterested in having children.—
Annalisa Merelli,
STAT,
2 Feb. 2026
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The assignment is to sit there and talk about it in public and possibly embarrass yourself by getting into a verbal confrontation in front of a restaurant of otherwise uninterested bystanders.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Some regard sociology as a gut major that caters to lackadaisical students.—
Wendy Nelson Espeland,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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The Giants’ secondary is in major need of a jumpstart after a horrendous season on the back end courtesy of poor drafting, unnecessarily frequent staff turnover and lackadaisical play.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Long-time Capitol observers were aghast that DeSantis stepped down from the House speaker’s rostrum without even a perfunctory handshake with Perez, who has the power to reject everything DeSantis wants in his last year in office.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2026
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Coming back from a commercial, Göransson was simply announced as the winner in a brief and perfunctory manner.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
12 Jan. 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
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He is learned, frail, accomplished, absent, selfish and unemotional.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
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And you’ll be known in history as the Christmas Miracle, five fragile lives tossed on the treacherous, uncaring currents of history, and the sea.—
Gawon Bae,
CNN Money,
25 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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To overcome this complication, his expression of loyalty must take the form of a sign which, at least on its textual surface, indicates a level of disinterested conviction.—
Ezra Klein,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Other reports said Sanders appeared disinterested in some meetings, notably with the Giants.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
28 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The atmosphere was more apathetic than angry.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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This means not undershooting to the point of looking apathetic and not overshooting to the point of looking threatening.—
Gorick Ng,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Unresponsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unresponsive. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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