irresponsive

American  

[ir-i-spon-siv] / ˌɪr ɪˈspɒn sɪv /

adjective

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

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irresponsive British  

/ ˌɪrɪˈspɒnsɪv /

adjective

1. not responsive

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Other Word Forms

• irresponsiveness
  noun
• irresponsively
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of irresponsive

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

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Example Sentences

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irresponsive

Black Africa has progressed despite intricate problems, irresponsive and irresponsible "neighbors" and exogenously calculated attempts to undermine and cripple her.

From Time Magazine Archive

She grew almost hysterical under the spell of this irresponsive trouble.

From Jan Vedder's Wife by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

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 W. H. (William Hurrell) Mallock

This was not necessarily an evil, but it was often said that the senators were irresponsive to public opinion.

From Government in the United States National, State and Local by James Wilford Garner

He might as well have embraced a corpse, so perfectly irresponsive did Colia remain to his tenderness.

From Boris Lensky by Ossip Schubin

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