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Recent Examples of unresponsive
He was found unresponsive in the snow around 6 a.m.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
Inner Cosmos is a startup reinventing care for depressed patients unresponsive to conventional pharmaceutical therapies.
—Naveen Rao, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
According to a news release from the agency, deputies responded 4 p.m. Tuesday to a call about the man, identified as 32-year-old Kenneth Marrero Cardona, who was found unresponsive in the 8800 block of Exchange Drive.
—Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
Police: Infant dies after being found unresponsive in bathtub in East Haven
An infant was pronounced dead after being left unattended in a bathtub in East Haven on Sunday night.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2025
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
Inner Cosmos is a startup reinventing care for depressed patients unresponsive to conventional pharmaceutical therapies.
—Naveen Rao, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
According to a news release from the agency, deputies responded 4 p.m. Tuesday to a call about the man, identified as 32-year-old Kenneth Marrero Cardona, who was found unresponsive in the 8800 block of Exchange Drive.
—Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
Police: Infant dies after being found unresponsive in bathtub in East Haven
An infant was pronounced dead after being left unattended in a bathtub in East Haven on Sunday night.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresponsive
Adjective
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When intentionally chosen, the right scent can even shift your mood—lifting you out of a listless haze or helping ease a frantic pace.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Apr. 2025
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Maresca’s post-match insistence that the Frenchman’s struggles are not down to a lack of effort felt as feeble and unconvincing as the sum of his contribution over 45 listless first-half minutes.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Most students arrive uninterested and even annoyed at having to take a class outside their major.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Mar. 2025
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Of course, some people may be uninterested in engagement and want only to promote a single viewpoint.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Many said the progressive-sounding program is being pushed by indifferent state leaders and is creating lackadaisical security conditions in already dangerous work environments.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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However, the Knicks’ lackadaisical defense to start the game bit them in the end, as the Spurs’ Sandro Mamukelashvili hit more 3s than vowels in his last name.—
James L. Edwards III,
The Athletic,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Time after time, your off-brand chocobo will deliver you to a monster's lair for a perfunctory pummeling while your companions spout exposition.—
James Perkins Mastromarino,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2025
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The doc opens with a perfunctory overview of the artist’s early life, touching briefly on his childhood in Chicago and how the church introduced him to and shaped his musical style.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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As the film opens, a matter-of-fact, unemotional voice shares statistics about children living with poverty, parental abuse and alcoholism in the United States, as the numbers flash in simple white text on a black screen.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
30 Mar. 2025
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Al Capone in Boardwalk Empire, an underground crime lord and boxer in A Thousand Blows, a neo-Nazi play-acting at being a father in This Is England, a coolly unemotional dystopian leader in Bodies.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In the beginning of the series, Ava came off as incompetent and uncaring, constantly causing problems for the Abbott Elementary teachers who liked to do things by the book.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2025
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But first, he’s got to reckon with his selfish, spoiled, uncaring nature or he may be doomed to llama life forever.—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But also appreciate this is a time of year when there are ample disinterested opponents.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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The Heat scored a season-high 68 points in the paint against a Washington defense that seemed disinterested at times.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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There are corners of the fan base who entered apathetic about the whole thing.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2025
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These kinds of policies cultivate students who rely on their schools to shield them from the natural consequences of their poor choices, and enable apathetic, unmotivated students to remain apathetic and unmotivated.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Unresponsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unresponsive. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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