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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Inner Cosmos is a startup reinventing care for depressed patients unresponsive to conventional pharmaceutical therapies.
—Naveen Rao, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
According to a news release from the agency, deputies responded 4 p.m. Tuesday to a call about the man, identified as 32-year-old Kenneth Marrero Cardona, who was found unresponsive in the 8800 block of Exchange Drive.
—Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
Police: Infant dies after being found unresponsive in bathtub in East Haven
An infant was pronounced dead after being left unattended in a bathtub in East Haven on Sunday night.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2025
Hamilton’s grandmother, 87-year-old Pauline Yvonne Titus-Dillon, was found unresponsive in her bathroom at about 8 a.m. when police responded to the Potomac home, according to officers.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
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Naveen Rao, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
According to a news release from the agency, deputies responded 4 p.m. Tuesday to a call about the man, identified as 32-year-old Kenneth Marrero Cardona, who was found unresponsive in the 8800 block of Exchange Drive.
—Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
Police: Infant dies after being found unresponsive in bathtub in East Haven
An infant was pronounced dead after being left unattended in a bathtub in East Haven on Sunday night.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2025
Hamilton’s grandmother, 87-year-old Pauline Yvonne Titus-Dillon, was found unresponsive in her bathroom at about 8 a.m. when police responded to the Potomac home, according to officers.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
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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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