irresponsive

[ ir-i-spon-siv ]

adjective

1. not responsive; not responding, or not responding readily, as in speech, action, or feeling.

irresponsive

/ ˌɪrɪˈspɒnsɪv /

adjective

1. not responsive

Derived Forms

• ˌirreˈsponsively, adverb
• ˌirreˈsponsiveness, noun

Other Words From

• irre·sponsive·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of irresponsive¹

First recorded in 1840–50; ir- ² + responsive

Example Sentences

He saw the hints plainly enough, but had evidently made up his mind to be doggedly irresponsive.

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"He told me this tale," Mrs. Sumfit continued, daring her irresponsive enemy to contradict her, with a threatening gaze.

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Science too has been something of an irresponsive mistress since, though I've served her better than I served Marion.

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Robert's eager soul meanwhile, for once irresponsive to Catherine's, was full of nothing but the Squire.

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The nun turned upon him a pair of cold, steel-blue eyes, as calm and irresponsive as if he had brought her no tidings whatever.

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