irresponsive
adjective
not responsive; not responding, or not responding readily, as in speech, action, or feeling.
irresponsiveness
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a word derived from
irresponsive.
Example Sentences
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I think, as a matter of fact, my real passion for Marion had waned enormously long before we were married, that she had lived it down by sheer irresponsiveness.
From Tono Bungay by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
They all exhibited essentially the same phenomena of fatigue and depression, with possibilities of recovery and of exaltation, as well as the permanent irresponsiveness associated with death.
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
Was he likely to meet a like irresponsiveness when he should seek clothing for the body?
From Success A Novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams
His heavy lids were dropped over his deep-set eye; he stood motionless, nervously fiddling with his butterfly net—awkwardness, and, as it seemed, irresponsiveness, in his whole attitude.
From Robert Elsmere by Mrs. Humphry Ward
They all exhibited essentially the same phenomena of fatigue and depression, together with possibilities of recovery and of exaltation, yet also that of permanent irresponsiveness which is associated with death.
From Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches by Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose
