irresponsive
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of irresponsive
First recorded in 1840–50; ir- 2 + responsive
Example Sentences
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Black Africa has progressed despite intricate problems, irresponsive and irresponsible "neighbors" and exogenously calculated attempts to undermine and cripple her.
From Time Magazine Archive
But it worried Algernon to see Rhoda's sad, downcast face, irresponsive to any of his bright anticipations.
From A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
In such isolation the heart must lose its keen sense of sympathy, and be irresponsive and dumb.”
From Jan Vedder's Wife by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
At last she surprised herself by exclaiming aloud to the irresponsive solitude, 'Oh, Paul, until you were gone, I never knew how passionately I loved you.'
From The New Paul and Virginia Positivism on an Island by Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)
"I never forget you," was the reply, in the same deep, low, firm, irresponsive voice, which seemed as if it had never vibrated to anything more human than an organ playing Gregorian chants.
From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle
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