adj
Meaning 1
Not responsive; unreactive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unresponsive
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
CMU ARPABET: AH2 N R IY0 S P AA1 N S IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Indifferent or apathetic; emotionless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
not responding to some influence or stimulus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: responsive
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
not susceptible to suggestion or influence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
aloof or indifferent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- was unresponsive to her passionate advances
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English responsive English unresponsive From un- + responsive.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: невъзприемчив (nevǎzpriemčiv) — not responsive
- Finnish: reagoimaton — not responsive
- French: qui ne réagit pas — not responsive
- German: keine Regung aufweisend — not responsive
- German: keine Reaktion zeigend — not responsive
- German: unempfänglich — not responsive
- Māori: whakamōtu — not responsive
- Polish: obojętny — not responsive
- Polish: niereagujący — not responsive
- Romanian: nesensibil — not responsive
- Romanian: nereactiv — not responsive
- Romanian: nereacționant — not responsive
- Romanian: nerăspundent — not responsive
- Bulgarian: неотзивчив (neotzivčiv) — indifferent or apathetic
- Finnish: välinpitämätön — indifferent or apathetic
- Finnish: piittaamaton — indifferent or apathetic
- French: insensible à — indifferent or apathetic
- German: gleichgültig — indifferent or apathetic
- German: apathisch — indifferent or apathetic
- German: teilnahmslos — indifferent or apathetic
- Romanian: apatic — indifferent or apathetic
- Romanian: indiferent — indifferent or apathetic
- Romanian: nesensibil — indifferent or apathetic