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unresponsiveness

  • a word derived from responsive.
    responsive
    adjective
    responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc..

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Inman-Grant said her agency had begun inquiring what Telegram was doing to combat terrorist and extremist material in March 2024, and had endured "five very difficult months of unresponsiveness".

From BBC Jul. 30, 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

“Now if that ud been me,” Meeteetse started to say, in nowise disconcerted by the unresponsiveness of his listener—“if that ud——” “Throw up your hands!”

From 'Me--Smith' by Gayle Porter Hoskins