unresponsiveness

Example Sentences

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A medically-induced coma is when sedatives are used to put a patient into a reversible state of deep unresponsiveness, to try and protect the brain from traumatic damage.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

That’s important because the current board has been widely criticized for its opacity and unresponsiveness.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024

But Mr. Beckman defended the decision, saying that Dr. Jones had been the target of multiple student complaints about his “dismissiveness, unresponsiveness, condescension and opacity about grading.”

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2022

So if you become irritated at the IRS’s unresponsiveness to your workaday inquires, you should remember that its shortcomings are caused by the actions of lawmakers.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2022

But even in her agony of heart and mind she remembered what she conceived to be her duty, and, in self-defense, assumed a cold unresponsiveness.

From The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country by Cullum, Ridgwell