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irresponsive

[ ir-i-spon-siv ]

adjective

  1. not responsive; not responding, or not responding readily, as in speech, action, or feeling.


irresponsive

/ ˌɪrɪˈspɒnsɪv /

adjective

  1. not responsive
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌirreˈsponsiveness, noun
  • ˌirreˈsponsively, adverb
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Other Words From

  • irre·sponsive·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.

"He told me this tale," Mrs. Sumfit continued, daring her irresponsive enemy to contradict her, with a threatening gaze.

Science too has been something of an irresponsive mistress since, though I've served her better than I served Marion.

Robert's eager soul meanwhile, for once irresponsive to Catherine's, was full of nothing but the Squire.

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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