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un·re·spon·sive
(ŭn′rĭ-spŏn′sĭv)adj.
Exhibiting a lack of responsiveness.
un′re·spon′sive·ly adv.
un′re·spon′sive·ness n.
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unresponsive
(ˌʌnrɪˈspɒnsɪv)adj
not reacting or responding to an action, question, suggestion, etc
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| Adj. | 1. | unresponsive - not responding to some influence or stimulus insensitive - not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation" insensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients" responsive - readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion; "children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience" |
| 2. | unresponsive - aloof or indifferent; "was unresponsive to her passionate advances"cool - psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike; "relations were cool and polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher taxes" | |
| 3. | unresponsive - not susceptible to suggestion or influenceinsusceptible, unsusceptible - not susceptible to |
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unresponsive
adjective1. Lacking responsiveness or alertness:
2. Without emotion or interest:
3. Deficient in or lacking sexual desire:
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
unresponsive
[ˌʌnrɪˈspɒnsɪv] adj (= indifferent) [person, government] → indifférent(e)
to be unresponsive to sth [+ needs] → ne pas répondre à qch
to be unresponsive to sth [+ needs] → ne pas répondre à qch
(= not reacting physically) [person, body] → sans réaction
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
unresponsive
adj (physically) → nicht reagierend attr; (emotionally, intellectually) → gleichgültig, unempfänglich; to be unresponsive → nicht reagieren (→ to auf +acc); (to advances, pleas, request also) → nicht empfänglich sein (to für); an unresponsive audience → ein Publikum, das nicht mitgeht or nicht reagiert; I suggested it but he was fairly unresponsive → ich habe es vorgeschlagen, aber er ist nicht groß darauf eingegangen or er zeigte sich nicht sehr interessiert; still heavily sedated and totally unresponsive → unter starkem Drogeneinfluss und völlig teilnahmslos
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unresponsive
adj que no respondeEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
unresponsive - aloof or indifferent; "was unresponsive to her passionate advances"
unresponsive - not susceptible to suggestion or influence