irresponsive
not responsive; not responding, or not responding readily, as in speech, action, or feeling.
Origin of irresponsive
1Other words from irresponsive
- ir·re·spon·sive·ness, noun
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How to use irresponsive in a sentence
Our blundering political system is pachydermic in its irresponsiveness.
A Preface to Politics | Walter LippmannHere, then, is an element in a renewed life that has a peculiar refractoriness and irresponsiveness.
The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Philippians | Robert RainyIt was impossible: they only stared in hopeless irresponsiveness.
The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6 | Augustus J. C. HareJohn took the distrait look for dreamy thought; her irresponsiveness for ethereal purity; her moodiness for superiority of soul.
Pirate Gold | Frederic Jesup StimsonOnly he felt through every fibre the coldness, the irresponsiveness of those fingers lying in his.
Robert Elsmere | Mrs. Humphry Ward
British Dictionary definitions for irresponsive
/ (ˌɪrɪˈspɒnsɪv) /
not responsive
Derived forms of irresponsive
- irresponsively, adverb
- irresponsiveness, noun
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