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Recent Examples of unresponsive
Authorities said a 24-year-old man from Gilroy who was driving a 2018 Nissan Sentra and an unknown 35-year-old woman from Hollister who was driving a 2012 Dodge Charger were both found unresponsive at the scene.
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Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
One woman was unresponsive and in critical condition and the other was awake and in serious condition, authorities said.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
Firefighters revived a cat that became unresponsive after a fire broke out in a trailer at the Woodland Trailer Park Monday evening, authorities said.
—Peter Yankowski, Connecticut Post, 22 Oct. 2024
Phoenix police detectives are investigating the death of a 3-month-old baby girl who was found unresponsive in her mother's bed.
—Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
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Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
One woman was unresponsive and in critical condition and the other was awake and in serious condition, authorities said.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
Firefighters revived a cat that became unresponsive after a fire broke out in a trailer at the Woodland Trailer Park Monday evening, authorities said.
—Peter Yankowski, Connecticut Post, 22 Oct. 2024
Phoenix police detectives are investigating the death of a 3-month-old baby girl who was found unresponsive in her mother's bed.
—Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresponsive
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In it, Larson writes about the peace she’s felt when doing routine, rote tasks, the kind that typically make people feel listless and drained.Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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The fishermen reported the turtle to wildlife authorities, who rescued the listless turtle and transported her to the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Although China is ahead of most nations in CBDC development, the public remains largely uninterested.Susie Violet Ward, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
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Untouched and uninterested, the toy just took up space in the home.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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One of the interceptions came on a lackadaisical screen play.Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2024
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Again, the lackadaisical approach doesn’t work for everyone.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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The will-they-won’t-they pairings that should light up these characters feel similarly perfunctory.Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2024
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Background questions put to refugees were perfunctory.Max Abrahms, Foreign Affairs, 22 Mar. 2017
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Roberson's legal team claims that medics presumed his guilt due to his unemotional behavior, a response Roberson attributes to his autism spectrum disorder.Ines Chomnalez, Austin American-Statesman, 3 July 2024
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Slavens said that addressing such boundary issues requires a delicate, unemotional conversation.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The risk, of course, is that the North Koreans will learn what those Russian marines learned recently: that their commanders are cruel, ignorant or both—and that following stupid orders from uncaring officers is bad for your health.David Axe, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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This urgent and necessary documentary makes plain the obvious evil of an uncaring government that insists on gaining full control of the bodies of its people, unmoved by the pain that follows.Jourdain Searles, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
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This was the Parisian way to do the Olympic opening ceremonies, equal parts proud and disinterested.Dana O'Neil, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
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Kate often seems like a spin on C.J. Cregg, Janney’s character on The West Wing — assertive, witty, disinterested in fashion — and so the series casting Janney to play a foil for Kate felt inevitable.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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That feels off, as Hoosiers don't strike me as a particularly apathetic bunch.Eric Larsen, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Nov. 2024
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Popular on Variety Hank isn’t entirely apathetic, eventually becoming a science teacher.Stephen Saito, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Unresponsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unresponsive. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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