unresponsive
adjective
un·re·spon·sive
ˌən-ri-ˈspän(t)-siv 
: not responsive
The patient was unresponsive.
an infection unresponsive to antibiotics
an unresponsive bureaucracy
Although they are able to locate their own food at two weeks of age, fledgling robins will still piteously beg handouts from their increasingly unresponsive father.—
Millard H. Sharp
Millard H. Sharp
unresponsively
adverb
staring unresponsively
unresponsiveness
noun
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Davis was found unresponsive in his home gym, according to the autopsy report released Friday.
—Victoria Ballard, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
Police responded to the building in the 6000 block of Blue Hills Road around 3:30 p.m. and found Marchbanks and Pennington unresponsive in a car with multiple gunshot wounds.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2025
The local ski patrol brought the unresponsive teen to a clinic at the base of a mountain.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
First responders found the motorcyclist unresponsive at the scene, Metro Fire said.
—Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Victoria Ballard, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
Police responded to the building in the 6000 block of Blue Hills Road around 3:30 p.m. and found Marchbanks and Pennington unresponsive in a car with multiple gunshot wounds.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2025
The local ski patrol brought the unresponsive teen to a clinic at the base of a mountain.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
First responders found the motorcyclist unresponsive at the scene, Metro Fire said.
—Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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unresponsive
adjective
un·re·spon·sive
ˌən-ri-ˈspän(t)-siv
: not responsive (as to a stimulus or treatment)
an unresponsive ulcer
unresponsiveness
noun
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