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Recent Examples of unresponsive
Deputies were called just after 2 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, to a Budget Inn motel in Augusta and found Josiah unresponsive, WRDW reported, citing sheriff’s deputies.
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Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
The child’s death occurred shortly after his mother called 911 around 11:40 a.m. Nov. 6 and told dispatchers that her son was unresponsive and not breathing at an apartment on Evening Creek Drive east of Interstate 15 in Sabre Springs, Dungan said.
—Caleb Lunetta, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
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Glover was found unresponsive at his home on Nov. 5, 2024, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
Police responded to the area of Hana Highway at 12:43 p.m. local time on Saturday, Feb. 8, after receiving a report about an unresponsive male near mile marker 6.75, according to a news release from the Maui Police Department (MPD).
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
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Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
The child’s death occurred shortly after his mother called 911 around 11:40 a.m. Nov. 6 and told dispatchers that her son was unresponsive and not breathing at an apartment on Evening Creek Drive east of Interstate 15 in Sabre Springs, Dungan said.
—Caleb Lunetta, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
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Glover was found unresponsive at his home on Nov. 5, 2024, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
Police responded to the area of Hana Highway at 12:43 p.m. local time on Saturday, Feb. 8, after receiving a report about an unresponsive male near mile marker 6.75, according to a news release from the Maui Police Department (MPD).
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unresponsive
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The result — final scores crept into the 200s during what were essentially listless scrimmages (last year's final tally was 211-186).—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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Looking Ahead: After looking listless and broken for almost all of calendar year 2025, Cincinnati has ripped off a three-game winning streak to resuscitate its at-large hopes.—
Jim Root,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Denmark is uninterested in selling Greenland, and the territory’s largely indigenous population is wary of outside powers—a legacy of the island’s brutal history under Danish rule.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Mar. 2025
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But confronting bird flu—or any other pandemic threat—in this administration would require coordinating among a group of people uninterested in using most tools that can limit the spread of infectious disease.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2025
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Moore really sells the arc from her disappointment in Kaffee’s lackadaisical approach to the case at the film’s start to nearly fangirling over his prowess as a lawyer by the end. 7.—
Eddie Mouradian,
Vulture,
24 Feb. 2025
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Joe Rogan’s Chats With Tech Moguls Rogan, known for his sprawling interests and wide array of guests, has often been criticized for his lackadaisical interviewing style and tendency to rarely push back on questionable claims.—
Dimitar 'Mix' Mihov,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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To be sure, securing trademarks is a relatively perfunctory bit of legal housekeeping and doesn’t necessarily indicate grander plans are underway.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
22 Dec. 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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So starts a fascinating look at the process of trying out for the show, which is centered on a harrowing five-minute audition in front of mostly unemotional producers.—
Marco della Cava,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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Momeni appeared unemotional as the verdict was read, as did his lead attorney, who joined the hearing via Zoom, the station reported.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
17 Dec. 2024
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Greed could refer to material attachment, jealousy bleeds into hatred, and delusion encompasses similar attitudes, like living a life ignorant to Buddha’s teachings or being dull and uncaring.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
17 Feb. 2025
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His concern for his ill, homebound mother isn’t matched by his stern, uncaring father Hamit (Ercan Kesal), who spends all day elsewhere, perhaps with another woman.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
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The 5-0 shelling of the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday moved the Rangers to 7-1-3 in January and within 2 points of a wild-card spot and further away from that 19-game run of awful, disinterested play in November and December.—
Arthur Staple,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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It’s used only once, when her aunt speaks the name into a cell phone to a disinterested third party.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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The issue extends to Mio, too, whose quips or poorly timed retorts to Zoe’s dialogue don’t really align with her generally apathetic persona.—
Kyle Wilson,
Rolling Stone,
4 Mar. 2025
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Some reported feeling more apathetic rather than angry at Spurs’ past two home games: a 6-3 defeat by Liverpool just before Christmas that should have been even more lop-sided and Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers where Spurs conceded an 87th-minute equaliser.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
The Athletic,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Unresponsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unresponsive. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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