irresponsive

[ir-i-spon-siv]

adjective

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

Nearby words

Origin of irresponsive

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

Related formsir·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

adjective

not responsive

Derived Formsirresponsively, 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.