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Recent Examples of unresponsive
These patients live in a profound isolation, their conscious minds trapped inside unresponsive bodies.
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Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 16 May 2025
Arriving officers found the unresponsive woman in the street.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
Police officers called to the scene at 7:37 p.m. found Scroggins unresponsive and trapped inside his Volvo XC90.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 13 May 2025
Life Expectancy Prostate cancer that becomes unresponsive to hormone therapy portends a poor prognosis (disease outcome).
—Matthew Wosnitzer, Verywell Health, 12 May 2025
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Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 16 May 2025
Arriving officers found the unresponsive woman in the street.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
Police officers called to the scene at 7:37 p.m. found Scroggins unresponsive and trapped inside his Volvo XC90.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 13 May 2025
Life Expectancy Prostate cancer that becomes unresponsive to hormone therapy portends a poor prognosis (disease outcome).
—Matthew Wosnitzer, Verywell Health, 12 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for unresponsive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresponsive
Adjective
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Game 6 was so confounding because the Celtics just looked listless from the start.—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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While the show was a bit listless at first, everything changed in that fateful moment when Candice and Penner stepped off the mat.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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He isn’t disgusted by sexuality, just innocent and uninterested.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2025
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And very worried about our children who seem incapable and uninterested in supporting themselves.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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Now then, some angry pundits will excoriate you for being so lackadaisical.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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With over 70 beaches—the most of any Greek island—Milos is a destination for those seeking lackadaisical days spent lounging in and out of cerulean waters.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Time after time, your off-brand chocobo will deliver you to a monster's lair for a perfunctory pummeling while your companions spout exposition.—
James Perkins Mastromarino,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2025
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The doc opens with a perfunctory overview of the artist’s early life, touching briefly on his childhood in Chicago and how the church introduced him to and shaped his musical style.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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As the film opens, a matter-of-fact, unemotional voice shares statistics about children living with poverty, parental abuse and alcoholism in the United States, as the numbers flash in simple white text on a black screen.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
30 Mar. 2025
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Al Capone in Boardwalk Empire, an underground crime lord and boxer in A Thousand Blows, a neo-Nazi play-acting at being a father in This Is England, a coolly unemotional dystopian leader in Bodies.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Both were crashing bores because of the literally nauseating behavior of fans and the uncaring attitude of the proprietors.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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In a world conquered by science, technology, and capitalism, people had grown accustomed to viewing themselves as isolated cogs in a large and uncaring machine.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
18 Nov. 2019
Adjective
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Guess has formed a special committee of its independent and disinterested directors to consider the offer.—
Evan Clark,
WWD,
17 Mar. 2025
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Because even though electric motors can pack a punch, people paying big money for super- and hypercars are increasingly disinterested in those cars being electrified.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Now, Europe is faced with a U.S. government that is at best apathetic and at worst antagonistic and that appears set on unilaterally shifting the burden of the continent’s security onto its European allies, who must reorganize to fill the gaps.—
Sophia Besch,
Foreign Affairs,
5 May 2025
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No one wants to go on bad dates; few people think of themselves as apathetic conversationalists.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
3 May 2025
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“Unresponsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unresponsive. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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