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Recent Examples of unresponsive
The day before, the Volusia County Beach Safety said a 32-year-old woman was found unresponsive just over 100 yards from the shore after being caught in a rip current in Daytona Beach, according to NBC News, Fox35 Orlando and WESH.
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Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
He was found unresponsive in the water.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026
She was found unresponsive in the ocean about 100 meters from shore before she was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 3 May 2026
Denny Adan Gonzalez, 33, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Stewart Detention Center on the night of April 28, ICE said.
—Lautaro Grinspan, AJC.com, 1 May 2026
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Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
He was found unresponsive in the water.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026
She was found unresponsive in the ocean about 100 meters from shore before she was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 3 May 2026
Denny Adan Gonzalez, 33, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Stewart Detention Center on the night of April 28, ICE said.
—Lautaro Grinspan, AJC.com, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresponsive
Adjective
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The latest instance was a listless 5-0 loss in the finale of a series against the Reds, who took two of three against them at Great American Ball Park, dropping their record to 16-25.—
Matt Kawahara,
Houston Chronicle,
10 May 2026
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Carrying the largest payroll in franchise history with World Series-or-bust expectations, the Phillies have played listless baseball for much of April, entering Tuesday with a 9-19 mark.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Scorpios are intense, psychologically sharp and uninterested in keeping up with appearances.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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But Gumbs was uninterested in compromising on his goal of playing against the best.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Because two years in, Kel’el Ware has been both a dynamic contributor and a lackadaisical bystander.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
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The Nuggets played lackadaisical 1-on-1 and pick-and-roll defense on the perimeter.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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What got centered were the perfunctory tasks government defaults to when everyone is stretched thin — checking the legal and regulatory boxes for approval, designing detour protocols, posting the orange signs in the right places and marking the lane closures clearly.—
Andrew Chrismer,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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From then on, the storytelling goes slack and perfunctory as sharks swarm and chomp on passengers and crew clinging for dear lives on rafts or slabs of plane wreckage.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Wearing a navy blue suit with an American flag pinned on the lapel, a low-energy Weinstein appeared unemotional as White delivered her opening remarks.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Meursault’s callousness toward the world — his calm and unemotional demeanor at his mother’s death, his seeming inability to show grief or regret or passion or even anger in just about any circumstance — becomes the focal point of his trial and of the novel itself.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Director Orson Krennic Anybody in middle management can relate to this Imperial officer who's saddled with getting a big project up and running (in his case, the first Death Star), forced to deal with uncaring bosses and winds up having some rebellious types screw the whole thing up.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
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Expressing concerns about rising electricity rates, water shortages, and uncaring tech oligarchs, most attendees were resolutely opposed.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The Blue Jackets had just gone through the motions in a 2-1 loss to the Washington Capitals, committing 23 giveaways and totaling just three hits, a lifeless, disinterested — and sadly, fitting — end to the season.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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The standoff springs from a dysfunctional relationship between Republican legislative leaders and a disinterested governor.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The speed with which slop and junk sputtered forth has experts worried that audiences may be growing jaded and apathetic in the face of clear distortions.—
Jane Lytvynenko,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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Previously, Hungarians opposed to the government were indignant but apathetic.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Unresponsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unresponsive. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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