UNRESPONSIVE Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

unresponsive

adjective

Definition of unresponsive

as in listless

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Recent Examples of unresponsive Newly obtained 911 audio is shedding light on the frantic response when Hayden Panettiere was found unresponsive in a Greenville, South Carolina, apartment in August. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Kariem was found unresponsive and not breathing when police arrived. — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 Spencer said Pratt connected with voters who believe the system is broken and unresponsive. — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026 The park opened in 1967, and the first death at the park came in 1989 when an 11-year-old boy became unresponsive after riding the park's Z-Force roller coaster. — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unresponsive

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresponsive

Adjective

The Chargers, meantime, opened with three losses for the first time since 2017, and feature a listless, sputtering offense that lacks finish under first-year offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
In her final years, disappointed visitors reportedly threw sand into her cage to try to make the listless bird move, as author Joel Greenberg recounted to National Geographic.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of listless

Adjective

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin and his government were uninterested in such short-term solutions.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
Critics claim that members are either uninterested in doing their job or more focused on showboating and gaining social media impressions than legislating.

— Scott Warren, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of uninterested

Adjective

And though his teammates were also lackadaisical when Daniels was sacked, the fact the quarterback went down with the ball in his hands with no timeouts in the first place is a real issue that Parsons believes trumps any other argument.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
This is not to say that coach Marco Sturm will be lackadaisical.

— Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of lackadaisical

Adjective

Intended for short, procedural orders, the justices have instead been using the docket to make substantive legal decisions with perfunctory orders that offer thin or zero legal reasoning, after minimal briefing and, often, no oral argument.

— Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026
Hannah-Jones does repeat the old arguments about why these schools fail, but in an almost perfunctory manner, the way a heretic might recite the Lord’s Prayer more out of habit than out of belief.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of perfunctory

Adjective

Pragmatic and unemotional, Jung views every situation as a problem to be resolved.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
However, any moments that would be guaranteed to be grim end up being almost benign, as dead bodies are intact, have strangely unemotional, open-eyed faces, and almost seem like mannequins buried under mud and sand.

— Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of unemotional

Adjective

An online swarm of sleuths and influencers has been dissecting every detail of the case, developing theories that portray him as uncaring, unfaithful and even the murderer of his children.

— Ross Douthat, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026
However, his team describes Fred as a tyrant, who is uncaring and belligerent and micro-manages everything.

— Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of uncaring

Adjective

Played by a perpetually blank Ella Beatty, the daughter of Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, Lizzie is the belittled and abused daughter of a disinterested father, Andrew (Charlie Hunnam), and hateful step-mother, Abby (Rebecca Hall).

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026
In the darkly funny cold open, Loy is shown teaching martial arts to disinterested children and pushing an absurd business called Studios in the Sky, which converts shipping containers into living spaces.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of disinterested

Adjective

An ‘apathetic polarization’ The vote comes at a time of deep polarization among the electorate, who are slower to engage than in previous races.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
That apathetic approach, which starts off pretty funny, becomes increasingly vexing, especially when the film takes a turn that requires some actual fire from Johnson’s performance.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026