un·re·spon·sive

(ŭn′rĭ-spŏn′sĭv)

adj.

Exhibiting a lack of responsiveness.

un′re·spon′sive·ly adv.

un′re·spon′sive·ness n.

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unresponsive

(ˌʌnrɪˈspɒnsɪv)

adj

not reacting or responding to an action, question, suggestion, etc

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	unresponsive - not responding to some influence or stimulus insensitive - not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation" insensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients" responsive - readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion; "children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience"
	2.	unresponsive - aloof or indifferent; "was unresponsive to her passionate advances" cool - psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike; "relations were cool and polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher taxes"
	3.	unresponsive - not susceptible to suggestion or influence insusceptible, unsusceptible - not susceptible to

unresponsive

adjective

1. Lacking responsiveness or alertness:

benumbed, dull, insensible, insensitive, numb, stuporous, torpid, wooden.

2. Without emotion or interest:

apathetic, detached, impassive, incurious, indifferent, insensible, lethargic, listless, phlegmatic, stolid, unconcerned, uninterested.

3. Deficient in or lacking sexual desire:

ardorless, cold, frigid, inhibited, passionless.

Translations

unresponsive

[ˈʌnrɪsˈpɒnsɪv] ADJ → insensible, sordo (to a)

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unresponsive

[ˌʌnrɪˈspɒnsɪv] adj

(= indifferent) [person, government] → indifférent(e)
to be unresponsive to sth [+ needs] → ne pas répondre à qch

(= not reacting physically) [person, body] → sans réaction

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unresponsive

adj (physically) → nicht reagierend attr; (emotionally, intellectually) → gleichgültig, unempfänglich; to be unresponsive → nicht reagieren (→ to auf +acc); (to advances, pleas, request also) → nicht empfänglich sein (to für); an unresponsive audience → ein Publikum, das nicht mitgeht or nicht reagiert; I suggested it but he was fairly unresponsive → ich habe es vorgeschlagen, aber er ist nicht groß darauf eingegangen or er zeigte sich nicht sehr interessiert; still heavily sedated and totally unresponsive → unter starkem Drogeneinfluss und völlig teilnahmslos

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unresponsive

[ˈʌnrɪsˈpɒnsiv] adj → che non reagisce
unresponsive to → insensibile a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

unresponsive

adj que no responde

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He had looked forward, with more anticipation than even he himself had realized, to the thrill which he had supposed fatherhood would bring, taking it entirely for granted that he would feel a bond with this small reincarnation of his own being, but after the first week of attempting to get interested in the unresponsive bundle that was his son, he decided the idea of a baby had certainly signified in his mind emotions which this tiny, troublesome creature, with a voice like a small-sized foghorn, did not cause to materialize.

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There was something horrible to Dorothea in the sensation which this unresponsive hardness inflicted on her.

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