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Unresponsive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Exhibiting a lack of responsiveness.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Not responsive; unreactive.

adj. Indifferent or apathetic; emotionless.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Not responsive.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. aloof or indifferent

adj. not susceptible to suggestion or influence

adj. not responding to some influence or stimulus

Word Usage

"In fact, only a small fraction of such treatments have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and virtually all the diseases that can be treated with such cells are blood diseases, while diseases of virtually every other organ remain unresponsive to adult stem cells."

Equivalent

cool insusceptible unsusceptible refractory

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

nonresponsive responsive

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

expressionless uninterested apathetic inert insensible