nonresponsive

adjective

non·​re·​spon·​sive ˌnän-ri-ˈspän(t)-siv 

1

: not giving response : not responsive

a nonresponsive police force

2

: not adequately addressing or meeting the requirements contained in a request for competitive bids on a contract

deemed the bid to be nonresponsive and rejected it

Examples of nonresponsive in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In correspondence and internal memos, Morrison defends and prods her authors, acts as literary sounding board and commercial advisor, all while adapting herself both to the big egos and the fragile ones, the nonresponsive correspondent and the one in constant contact. —Melina Moe may 19, Literary Hub, 19 May 2025

Immediately the Kennedy Center became nonresponsive, Roest said. —CBS News, 26 Apr. 2025

Immediately the center became nonresponsive, Roest said. —Ashraf Khalil, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025

In a prescient episode of the medical drama The Pitt, a boy is brought into the emergency room nonresponsive and with a rash on his legs that puzzles the residents treating him. —Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for nonresponsive

• unresponsive
• responsive