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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 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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

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 Yogananda, Paramahansa

Was he likely to meet a like irresponsiveness when he should seek clothing for the body?

From Success A Novel by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

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