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Recent Examples of unresponsive
Officers discovered Marchbanks and Pennington unresponsive in a car with multiple gunshot wounds.
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 11 Jan. 2025
Inside the home, officers found an unresponsive girl, later identified as Perez, in her bedroom, suffering from unknown injuries, the department said in a release.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Addressed an issue where skill moves could be unresponsive or not be triggered.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
This caused his health to decline, and he was found unresponsive in his cell, then died a month later in hospice, according to the report.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 11 Jan. 2025
Inside the home, officers found an unresponsive girl, later identified as Perez, in her bedroom, suffering from unknown injuries, the department said in a release.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Addressed an issue where skill moves could be unresponsive or not be triggered.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
This caused his health to decline, and he was found unresponsive in his cell, then died a month later in hospice, according to the report.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresponsive
Adjective
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The Blazers won on Sunday to break a five-game losing streak, but this team looked listless during that stretch.—
Zach Harper,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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The Irish had 13 carries for 15 yards in the first half while looking listless on offense while trailing 10-3 at halftime.—
Terence Moore,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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All of that would be contingent upon Ehlers being uninterested in signing.—
Murat Ates,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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Investors in global stock markets are equally uninterested in Chinese internet firms.—
Li Yuan,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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The first one was a bit painful, as McCabe failed to take away the passing lane on the initial breakout pass, and Rielly was too lackadaisical and failed to get his stick in the shooting lane.—
Kevin Papetti,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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And finally, Maxey reportedly called him out in a team meeting for his lack of conditioning and lackadaisical play.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
28 Nov. 2024
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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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Despite Butcher's efforts, Homelander is grooming Ryan to be an uncaring, murderous Supe like himself.—
Gord Magill,
Newsweek,
22 Dec. 2024
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And wearing a smile while delivering bad news, such as budget cuts or layoffs, makes a leader appear uncaring and out of touch.—
Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D.,
Forbes,
12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Kennedy appeared disinterested and at times confused when senators asked him about Medicare and Medicaid, which account for the majority of HHS’s budget.—
Kristen V. Brown,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2025
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Minnesota led by 17 points at the half, but looked entirely disinterested for much of the night.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
28 Jan. 2025
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That’s when Dolphins must sell themselves as an organization that isn’t bleeding out, and is a franchise headed in the right direction to an apathetic fan base that patiently waits to see the desperate moves the pair makes in 2025.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
13 Jan. 2025
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He's brought a lot of guys in that previous teams, and fan bases, were glad to see leave, or apathetic about their departures.—
Pierre LeBrun,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Unresponsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unresponsive. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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