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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Addressed an issue where skill moves could be unresponsive or not be triggered.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
This caused his health to decline, and he was found unresponsive in his cell, then died a month later in hospice, according to the report.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Siana’s bankruptcy case is ongoing, but Ragsdale has been largely unresponsive even in those proceedings.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
Previously, AllHipHop reported that he had been found unresponsive in his home on December 12, and had been on life support in the intervening period.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2024
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
This caused his health to decline, and he was found unresponsive in his cell, then died a month later in hospice, according to the report.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Siana’s bankruptcy case is ongoing, but Ragsdale has been largely unresponsive even in those proceedings.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
Previously, AllHipHop reported that he had been found unresponsive in his home on December 12, and had been on life support in the intervening period.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 28 Dec. 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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