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

• irresponsively adverb
• irresponsiveness noun

Etymology

Origin of irresponsive

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

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Among thousands of readers previously irresponsive to anything Divine he has created, or immeasurably intensified, the susceptibility of religious reverence.

From Tennyson and His Friends by Various

He lies calm and placid in her embrace, as though wrapt in softest slumber—but oh! how irresponsive to the touch that once would have thrilled his every sense with rapture!

From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess

So to all smooth suggestions that she should make things pleasant all round by acquiescing in the King’s view of their marriage, she was scornfully irresponsive.

From The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History by Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp

Her fancy had leaped passionately to the security of the untidy cottage in the South, with its irresponsive inmates, as if it were really the loving home she longed for.

From The Wayfarers by Cutting, Mary Stewart Doubleday