unresponsive

Speech parts

1. unresponsive - Adjective

2. unresponsive - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

not responding to some influence or stimulus

not susceptible to suggestion or influence

aloof or indifferent

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

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Antonyms

responsive randy affective horny affected committed
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Phrases with the word

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Examples

Grieve not the Christ of God, who redeems us; and remember that we grieve Him most when we will not let Him pour His love upon us, but turn a sullen, unresponsive unbelief towards His pleading grace, as some glacier shuts out the sunshine from the mountain-side with its thick-ribbed ice. Alexander Maclaren

By our enemies Jesus means those who are quite intractable and utterly unresponsive to our love. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Women gather together to wear silly hats, eat dainty food, and forget how unresponsive their husbands are. Men gather to talk sports, eat heavy food, and forget how demanding their wives are. Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun. Mignon McLaughlin

Seeing her sitting there unresponsive makes me realize that silence has a sound. Jodi Picoult

There was no doubt about Sandra's experience and lack of inhibition. She spread herself and I entered her. She wasn't unresponsive. Yet, when I asked her softly if she was liking it, she resorted to her favorite expression: ‘It's all right. Roman Polański

The government is unresponsive to the needs of the little man. Under 5' 7', it is impossible to get your congressman on the phone. Woody Allen

Close letter words and terms

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