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irresponsive
[ ir-i-spon-siv ]
adjective
- not responsive; not responding, or not responding readily, as in speech, action, or feeling.
irresponsive
/ ˌɪrɪˈspɒnsɪv /
adjective
- not responsive
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Derived Forms
- ˌirreˈsponsiveness, noun
- ˌirreˈsponsively, adverb
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Other Words From
- irre·sponsive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of irresponsive1
First recorded in 1840–50; ir- 2 + responsive
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Example Sentences
He saw the hints plainly enough, but had evidently made up his mind to be doggedly irresponsive.
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"He told me this tale," Mrs. Sumfit continued, daring her irresponsive enemy to contradict her, with a threatening gaze.
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Science too has been something of an irresponsive mistress since, though I've served her better than I served Marion.
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Robert's eager soul meanwhile, for once irresponsive to Catherine's, was full of nothing but the Squire.
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The nun turned upon him a pair of cold, steel-blue eyes, as calm and irresponsive as if he had brought her no tidings whatever.
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