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Recent Examples of unresponsive
Deputies found Ronald Lamar Kirk, 75, of Talking Rock, unresponsive in the lake after a homeowner called 911 to report a possible drowning.
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Vanessa McCray, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026
After Ramsey drove off in what the filing described as an erratic manner, the witness found Okland unresponsive inside the model home and called 911.
—Karen Cortes, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
But Richard Kreitner said there is a certain logic behind secession movements, as governments from Washington to the statehouse are seen as increasingly unresponsive and dysfunctional.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Deputies found the inmate unresponsive on his bunk and began CPR as jail medical staff responded.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 6 Apr. 2026
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Vanessa McCray, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026
After Ramsey drove off in what the filing described as an erratic manner, the witness found Okland unresponsive inside the model home and called 911.
—Karen Cortes, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
But Richard Kreitner said there is a certain logic behind secession movements, as governments from Washington to the statehouse are seen as increasingly unresponsive and dysfunctional.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Deputies found the inmate unresponsive on his bunk and began CPR as jail medical staff responded.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresponsive
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The doors to the Montreal Canadiens dressing room opened after their last home game of the regular season — a listless, 5-2 defeat to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday — and the team’s equipment staff wheeled out cargo for the flight to New York City.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
12 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
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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
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Both actors have made the time spent on the investigation side of the show enjoyable, even at its most perfunctory.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
13 Apr. 2026
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Underwriting of credit card grants is perfunctory at best.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Apr. 2026
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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
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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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The standoff springs from a dysfunctional relationship between Republican legislative leaders and a disinterested governor.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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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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Previously, Hungarians opposed to the government were indignant but apathetic.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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When that doesn't happen, kids can sink into feeling apathetic about school.—
Amanda Morin,
Parents,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Unresponsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unresponsive. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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