irresponsiveness
- a word derived from irresponsive.
Example Sentences
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It was that that had made Mollie so careful that she had shut herself off in irresponsiveness, wary and intended, instead of following the fresh pure impulses of her girlhood.
From Abington Abbey A Novel by Marshall, Archibald
She sparkled balefully for a time, trying to tease him into disputatious talk; but his cold irresponsiveness cowed her into silence too, and the resource of wistful glances that hinted at remorse and tears.
From A Humble Enterprise by Cambridge, Ada
Nor have the gods retained Such power as once informed and rendered vital The cryptic irresponsiveness of stone,— That statue which Pygmalion made and loved.
From The Star-Treader and other poems by Smith, Clark Ashton
The surgeon looked at her closely, and was struck with the wooden irresponsiveness of the face, which was however rather handsome, he thought, than otherwise.
From Missing by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
Miss Greta did not continue to take this irresponsiveness well.
From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth
