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Recent Examples of unresponsive
The mom called Phoenix police Jan. 29, 2024, to say her toddler was unresponsive, prosecutors said.
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Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
Deputy Marvin Morales was discovered unresponsive on the floor of a sheriff’s station bathroom.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025
Three other children also suffered serious injuries and had to be hospitalized after authorities found two 2-year-old boys and an 8-month-old girl, who were unresponsive, in the basement of the Bronx daycare facility.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2025
Trachtenberg was found unresponsive by her mother in her apartment near Columbus Circle at 8 a.m. Wednesday.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
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Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
Deputy Marvin Morales was discovered unresponsive on the floor of a sheriff’s station bathroom.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025
Three other children also suffered serious injuries and had to be hospitalized after authorities found two 2-year-old boys and an 8-month-old girl, who were unresponsive, in the basement of the Bronx daycare facility.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2025
Trachtenberg was found unresponsive by her mother in her apartment near Columbus Circle at 8 a.m. Wednesday.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresponsive
Adjective
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Newcastle United were listless during their 3-1 defeat at Fulham on September 21 — and nobody appeared more out of sorts than Alexander Isak.—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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On disk, the Bostonians play with maximum effervescence, but in the Adagio of the Concerto in G Cho’s attempt at otherworldly lyricism turns listless.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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According to Crombie, Bong was uninterested in the logic of gravity and who was flying the ship.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2025
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These dissenters, who have been the scant liberal signs of life, are clearly uninterested in Carville’s play-dead strategy.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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As the netminder made his lackadaisical way back into into his crease, Kastelic fired it toward the net.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
8 Mar. 2025
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Moore really sells the arc from her disappointment in Kaffee’s lackadaisical approach to the case at the film’s start to nearly fangirling over his prowess as a lawyer by the end. 7.—
Eddie Mouradian,
Vulture,
24 Feb. 2025
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To be sure, securing trademarks is a relatively perfunctory bit of legal housekeeping and doesn’t necessarily indicate grander plans are underway.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
22 Dec. 2024
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The will-they-won’t-they pairings that should light up these characters feel similarly perfunctory.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Sep. 2024
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So starts a fascinating look at the process of trying out for the show, which is centered on a harrowing five-minute audition in front of mostly unemotional producers.—
Marco della Cava,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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Momeni appeared unemotional as the verdict was read, as did his lead attorney, who joined the hearing via Zoom, the station reported.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
17 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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But first, he’s got to reckon with his selfish, spoiled, uncaring nature or he may be doomed to llama life forever.—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
12 Mar. 2025
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At sentencing the next day we are met with the scarred, uncaring face of Benjamin Pointdexter as Matt takes the stand.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The 5-0 shelling of the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday moved the Rangers to 7-1-3 in January and within 2 points of a wild-card spot and further away from that 19-game run of awful, disinterested play in November and December.—
Arthur Staple,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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It’s used only once, when her aunt speaks the name into a cell phone to a disinterested third party.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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These kinds of policies cultivate students who rely on their schools to shield them from the natural consequences of their poor choices, and enable apathetic, unmotivated students to remain apathetic and unmotivated.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Feb. 2025
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And because plenty of teens are apathetic about school, many parents and teachers are willing to give those kids a pass.—
Jenny Anderson,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Unresponsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unresponsive. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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