Meanings
comparative more unresponsive · superlative most unresponsive
- Not responsive; unreactive.
Two women were found unresponsive in a car along with the likely culprit – four coolers of dry ice – Friday morning in Pierce County, Washington, CNN affiliate KOMO reports.
2018 August 1, Michael Nedelman, “Ice cream salesman’s wife and mother suffocated by dry ice in car”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivealoof or indifferent
adjectivenot susceptible to suggestion or influence
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishresponsive
- Englishunresponsive
From un- + responsive.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian невъзприемчив, неотзивчив
- невъзприемчив (nevăzpriemčiv)not responsive
- неотзивчив (neotzivčiv)indifferent or apathetic
Finnish reagoimaton, välinpitämätön
- reagoimatonnot responsive
- välinpitämätönindifferent or apathetic
- piittaamatonindifferent or apathetic
French qui ne réagit pas, insensible à
- qui ne réagit pasnot responsive
- insensible àindifferent or apathetic
German keine Regung aufweisend, keine Reaktion zeigend
- keine Regung aufweisendnot responsive
- keine Reaktion zeigendnot responsive
- unempfänglichnot responsive
- gleichgültigindifferent or apathetic
- apathischindifferent or apathetic
- teilnahmslosindifferent or apathetic
Māori whakamōtu
- whakamōtunot responsive
Polish obojętny, niereagujący
- obojętnynot responsive
- niereagującynot responsive
Romanian nesensibil, nereactiv
- nesensibilnot responsive
- nereactivnot responsive
- nereacționantnot responsive
- nerăspundentnot responsive
- apaticindifferent or apathetic
- indiferentindifferent or apathetic
- nesensibilindifferent or apathetic
Cite this entry
unresponsive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unresponsive
“unresponsive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unresponsive. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unresponsive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unresponsive.
Source: unresponsive on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.