unresponsive
adjective
un·re·spon·sive
ˌən-ri-ˈspän(t)-siv 
: not responsive
The patient was unresponsive.
an infection unresponsive to antibiotics
an unresponsive bureaucracy
Although they are able to locate their own food at two weeks of age, fledgling robins will still piteously beg handouts from their increasingly unresponsive father.—
Millard H. Sharp
Millard H. Sharp
unresponsively
adverb
staring unresponsively
unresponsiveness
noun
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Medical staff were called to assist, but upon their arrival, the man was no longer breathing and remained unresponsive, the sheriff's office said.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
As if a world so placid and unresponsive could excite only the opposite sensations in him.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Instead, in November 2022, her husband found her in bed unresponsive, ProPublica reported.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
The 10-year-old girl — whose name has not been released — was unresponsive when police arrived.
—Emily Palmer, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
As if a world so placid and unresponsive could excite only the opposite sensations in him.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Instead, in November 2022, her husband found her in bed unresponsive, ProPublica reported.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
The 10-year-old girl — whose name has not been released — was unresponsive when police arrived.
—Emily Palmer, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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unresponsive
adjective
un·re·spon·sive
ˌən-ri-ˈspän(t)-siv
: not responsive (as to a stimulus or treatment)
an unresponsive ulcer
unresponsiveness
noun
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