unresponsiveness

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Noun
  • But, as Kennedy’s book makes painfully clear, the rape kit has also become a paradoxical symbol of systemic indifference toward rape and its victims.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The government’s apparent indifference toward the hostages—despite the IDF’s near-total military control of Gaza and the fact that many hostages were held within a few kilometers of IDF positions—only deepened the public’s frustration.
    Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The system demands that voters, already weighed down by electoral fatigue and apathy, return to the polls for runoff elections.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Star Wars and Marvel have faced similar backlash and apathy.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Backstage, an unexpected quietude interrupted the noise of New York Fashion Week, while front row guests—like Keke Palmer, Serena Page, and Kysre Gondrezick—set the scene for golden age beauty.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Perhaps turning to the use of AI during quietude is reinforcing a dependency on generative AI.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Last to arrive are Rick (Walton Goggins) and Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood), a couple whose attachment to one another is hard to parse given his disinterest in her and her youthful, inextinguishable brightness toward him.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
  • If Washington downsized its commitment to Europe prematurely, Moscow could take it as a sign of growing U.S. disinterest and use the opportunity to press ahead.
    Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Unresponsiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unresponsiveness. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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