noun
Meaning 1
The state of being unresponsive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unresponsiveness
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noun
Meaning 2
the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident
- in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deadness
Antonyms: responsiveness
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: frigidity, frigidness, resistance
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English unresponsive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unresponsiveness From unresponsive + -ness.