UNRESPONSIVE


Meaning of UNRESPONSIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌnrɪspɒnsɪv ]

1.

An unresponsive person does not react or pay enough attention to something, for example to an urgent situation or to people’s needs. ( FORMAL )

He was totally unresponsive to the pressing social and economic needs of the majority of the population.

...a cold, unresponsive man.

≠ responsive

ADJ : oft ADJ to n

2.

If a person or their body is unresponsive , they do not react physically in a normal way, or do not make any movements. ( FORMAL )

I found her in a coma, totally unresponsive.

ADJ

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