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Recent Examples of unresponsive
At the hospital, Metcalf lost his pulse and became unresponsive, according to Sylvia.
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 Jan. 2026
The child reportedly was found unresponsive in a bedroom inside the burning building and later transported to a Boston-area hospital.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Once there, police located an unresponsive victim who had been found underwater in a pool.
—Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 5 Jan. 2026
He was found unresponsive in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home and pronounced dead at the scene.
—Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Jan. 2026
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 Jan. 2026
The child reportedly was found unresponsive in a bedroom inside the burning building and later transported to a Boston-area hospital.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Once there, police located an unresponsive victim who had been found underwater in a pool.
—Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 5 Jan. 2026
He was found unresponsive in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home and pronounced dead at the scene.
—Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresponsive
Adjective
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Pageau smashed home his second goal late in the third to finish off a listless Flyers team.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Against the Patriots, the Chargers appeared even more listless as Herbert struggled to connect with his receivers, completing 19 of 31 passes for 159 yards.—
Los Angeles Times staff,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Why are people who live in white-majority countries so uninterested in the real story, even unwilling to believe it?—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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Students are portrayed as disengaged, fragile, glued to screens and uninterested in real work or real relationships.—
Ryan Gable,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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With Minnesota leading by four and 1 minute, 10 seconds to play, Edwards got lackadaisical in his off-ball defense while guarding Chicago’s most potent scorer, Coby White.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
23 Jan. 2026
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In past years Newsom has been lackadaisical about delivering the annual State of the State message to the Legislature that the state Constitution requires.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Long-time Capitol observers were aghast that DeSantis stepped down from the House speaker’s rostrum without even a perfunctory handshake with Perez, who has the power to reject everything DeSantis wants in his last year in office.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2026
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Coming back from a commercial, Göransson was simply announced as the winner in a brief and perfunctory manner.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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That’s the image projected by Chicago’s pragmatic, unemotional manager, Craig Counsell, who continues to get lustily booed in his hometown.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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He is learned, frail, accomplished, absent, selfish and unemotional.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And you’ll be known in history as the Christmas Miracle, five fragile lives tossed on the treacherous, uncaring currents of history, and the sea.—
Gawon Bae,
CNN Money,
25 Dec. 2025
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Like the vast, uncaring jungle in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, the Tyranids are an irresistible force that seeks to surround and destroy humanity through the weight of pure biological necessity.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Other reports said Sanders appeared disinterested in some meetings, notably with the Giants.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
28 Dec. 2025
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Ditch the disinterested Aggressively screen out people based on their interest in you.—
Judd B. Kessler,
CNBC,
17 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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This means not undershooting to the point of looking apathetic and not overshooting to the point of looking threatening.—
Gorick Ng,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2026
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Endlessly switching between apps and online platforms splinters our attention and can lead to digital exhaustion, leaving us anxious, apathetic and unfocused.—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Unresponsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unresponsive. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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