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Recent Examples of unresponsive
Deputies were called just after 2 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, to a Budget Inn motel in Augusta and found Josiah unresponsive, WRDW reported, citing sheriff’s deputies.
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Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
The child’s death occurred shortly after his mother called 911 around 11:40 a.m. Nov. 6 and told dispatchers that her son was unresponsive and not breathing at an apartment on Evening Creek Drive east of Interstate 15 in Sabre Springs, Dungan said.
—Caleb Lunetta, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
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Glover was found unresponsive at his home on Nov. 5, 2024, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
Police responded to the area of Hana Highway at 12:43 p.m. local time on Saturday, Feb. 8, after receiving a report about an unresponsive male near mile marker 6.75, according to a news release from the Maui Police Department (MPD).
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
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Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
The child’s death occurred shortly after his mother called 911 around 11:40 a.m. Nov. 6 and told dispatchers that her son was unresponsive and not breathing at an apartment on Evening Creek Drive east of Interstate 15 in Sabre Springs, Dungan said.
—Caleb Lunetta, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
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Glover was found unresponsive at his home on Nov. 5, 2024, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
Police responded to the area of Hana Highway at 12:43 p.m. local time on Saturday, Feb. 8, after receiving a report about an unresponsive male near mile marker 6.75, according to a news release from the Maui Police Department (MPD).
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresponsive
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That created a quick and competitive environment that eliminated a lot of the listless play that has plagued All-Star weekend over the past decade.—
Jared Weiss,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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Rebecca, the listless protagonist of Katarina Zhu’s feature debut Bunnylovr, wears loneliness like an oversized coat.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Jan. 2025
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One striking insight emerged from these talks: the main reason for Beijing’s seeming unwillingness to build a trilateral coalition with Russia and North Korea is that such an arrangement would call for strategic leadership by China, and Beijing is decidedly uninterested in such a prospect.—
Sergey Radchenko,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Feb. 2025
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The experience left him disheartened and uninterested in working on the project altogether.—
Brent N. Reed, Steven G. Rogelberg,
Harvard Business Review,
12 Feb. 2025
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Pitino laid into his team after the Providence game for lackadaisical defense in the second half as the Red Storm relinquished a 19-point lead before Richmond’s late-game heroics.—
Ralph D. Russo,
The Athletic,
5 Feb. 2025
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Turmoil and lackadaisical effort created a negative narrative around the team.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
6 Jan. 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
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Greed could refer to material attachment, jealousy bleeds into hatred, and delusion encompasses similar attitudes, like living a life ignorant to Buddha’s teachings or being dull and uncaring.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
17 Feb. 2025
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His concern for his ill, homebound mother isn’t matched by his stern, uncaring father Hamit (Ercan Kesal), who spends all day elsewhere, perhaps with another woman.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
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Perhaps there was no other way to authentically present artists who were so disinterested in genuflecting to corporate machinery.—
Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
8 Feb. 2025
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Their smiles appeared forced, with Harris folding her arms defensively and Biden displaying a disinterested demeanor.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Failing To Be Inclusive Failing to be inclusive when seeking unique ideas and skills leads to an apathetic and frustrated team.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Nothing except a white man who willingly admits being apathetic to Black people’s lives and two other white folks who joke around about politics being too serious and divisive.—
Melanie Curry,
refinery29.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Unresponsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unresponsive. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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