irresponsive

[ ir-i-spon-siv ]

/ ˌɪr ɪˈspɒn sɪv /

adjective

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

Nearby words

irresolution, irresolvable, irrespective, irrespirable, irresponsible, irresponsive, irresuscitable, irretentive, irretraceable, irretrievable, irreverence

Origin of irresponsive

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

Related forms

ir·re·spon·sive·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for irresponsive

It was like embracing a marble statue, so moveless, so irresponsive was he.
Thomas Wingfold, Curate|George MacDonald
A man's ordinary sleep is at once unstable and irresponsive.
Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death|Frederick W. H. Myers
Such might be irresponsive, but doubtless had been fearfully real to Alice.
Oswald Langdon|Carson Jay Lee
The husband will have only himself to blame if he is bound all his life to an apathetic, irresponsive wife.
What a Young Husband Ought to Know|Sylvanus Stall

May God save people from such a calamity,—from becoming clay that is irresponsive to the divine touch.
With God in the Yellowstone|Alma White

British Dictionary definitions for irresponsive

irresponsive

/ (ˌɪrɪˈspɒnsɪv) /

adjective

not responsive

Derived Forms

irresponsively, adverbirresponsiveness, noun

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Medicine definitions for irresponsive

irresponsive

[ ĭr′ĭ-spŏn′sĭv ]

adj.

Not responsive, as to treatment or stimuli.

Not responding or answering readily.