unresponsive
adjective
un·re·spon·sive
ˌən-ri-ˈspän(t)-siv 
: not responsive
The patient was unresponsive.
an infection unresponsive to antibiotics
an unresponsive bureaucracy
Although they are able to locate their own food at two weeks of age, fledgling robins will still piteously beg handouts from their increasingly unresponsive father.—
Millard H. Sharp
Millard H. Sharp
unresponsively
adverb
staring unresponsively
unresponsiveness
noun
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Moving inside, officers found a 26-year-old Gary man unresponsive in the kitchen; a third man had been shot in the abdomen, Hamady said.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
Jack Shapiro, 54, was found unresponsive in the waters off Gilgo Beach by a good Samaritan around 2:15 p.m., News 12 Long Island reported.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025
Police responded to a call about an unresponsive woman lying in the front yard of a residence in the 2200 block of Pin Oak Drive Friday.
—Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 17 Jan. 2025
On Friday at 11:35 p.m., officers were dispatched to William W. Backus Hospital after an unresponsive man covered in blood was taken there for treatment, Wright said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2025
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Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
Jack Shapiro, 54, was found unresponsive in the waters off Gilgo Beach by a good Samaritan around 2:15 p.m., News 12 Long Island reported.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025
Police responded to a call about an unresponsive woman lying in the front yard of a residence in the 2200 block of Pin Oak Drive Friday.
—Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 17 Jan. 2025
On Friday at 11:35 p.m., officers were dispatched to William W. Backus Hospital after an unresponsive man covered in blood was taken there for treatment, Wright said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2025
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unresponsive
adjective
un·re·spon·sive
ˌən-ri-ˈspän(t)-siv
: not responsive (as to a stimulus or treatment)
an unresponsive ulcer
unresponsiveness
noun
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