Link Centre Dictionary

unresponsiveness

un·res·pon·siveness

uncommon

noun

1.

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

  • “she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident”
  • “in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away”

Origin

From unresponsive + -ness.

Related words

Broader terms

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.