responsive
adjective
responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc..
unresponsiveness
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a word derived from
responsive.
Example Sentences
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A medically-induced coma is when sedatives are used to put a patient into a reversible state of deep unresponsiveness, to try and protect the brain from traumatic damage.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Mr. Giuliani’s unresponsiveness, the creditors said, “leads one to question what he is hiding.”
From New York Times ● May 1, 2024
That’s important because the current board has been widely criticized for its opacity and unresponsiveness.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
Drowsiness and clumsiness, agitation or decreased activity may indicate impacts to the central nervous system and may be followed by vomiting, unresponsiveness and convulsions.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2023
But the chestnut blight and the unresponsiveness of the hickory to propagation as yet hold up these future camp followers of the northern nut growing pioneers.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911 by Northern Nut Growers Association
