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Recent Examples of unresponsive
When decedent Martin remained unresponsive, an officer requested medical assistance.
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Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Things got worse when the officer found her hysterical and covered in blood, with a cut umbilical cord coming out of her pants and an unresponsive baby in the car with her.
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
26 June 2026
However, the animals were unresponsive after being exposed to heavy smoke.
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Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
The agency said Doug Martin then became unresponsive after being taken into custody.
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Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for unresponsive
Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Things got worse when the officer found her hysterical and covered in blood, with a cut umbilical cord coming out of her pants and an unresponsive baby in the car with her.
—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
26 June 2026
However, the animals were unresponsive after being exposed to heavy smoke.
—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
The agency said Doug Martin then became unresponsive after being taken into custody.
—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresponsive
Adjective
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The length exacerbates all the rest of the series' sins, including a lack of emotional depth, gratuitous suffering and violence, long stretches of boring, listless plotting and extraneous characters.
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Instead of the fantastical, even beautiful diaper sculptures, we were served the waste products of listless consumption.
Adjective
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Still, these scenarios are comparable to what Meta’s existing glasses can handle and likely won’t convince people who are skeptical of or uninterested in smart glasses.
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That is exactly the kind of mess White appears uninterested in creating inside the UFC.
Adjective
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In the interest of not having to rehash the now-familiar back and forth, Ibrahimović stated that Lalas’ criticism of the French squad’s lackadaisical first-half efforts was rooted in ignorance, this despite the fact that his beef should have been directed at match analyst Landon Donovan.
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Because two years in, Kel’el Ware has been both a dynamic contributor and a lackadaisical bystander.
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Seemed kind of perfunctory, really.
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Perhaps that explains her perfunctory, somewhat rote speech — which still didn’t detract from the joy of her win.
Adjective
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Instead, in much of popular culture, men often get messages encouraging them to be stoic and unemotional.
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Without wishing to give away the ending of a real-life case finally resolved in 2008, the information disclosed is anger-inducing and the unresponsive, unemotional demeanor of the perpetrator truly chilling.
Adjective
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This was not caused by an uncaring community, but by an overwhelming response delivered in a language and through customs different from those on full display at Latin Night.
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Or even better, use self-checkout to avoid the evil, uncaring cashier or bag person.
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The humanities will survive not by defending an imagined past of disinterested purity, but by demonstrating their necessity in a fractured republic.
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Their immunities are due to political fears, not to disinterested assessments of burdens or benefits.
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Fans grumbled and became apathetic.
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Pastors, politicians and activists came together on Saturday with the goal of energizing apathetic Kansas City voters ahead of the primary election at the 19th annual Urban Summit.
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“Unresponsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unresponsive. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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