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As a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events
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unresponsiveness
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n. The state of being unresponsive.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 [ant: responsiveness ]
Usage examples of unresponsiveness.
In Maids rose and Maids blanche, the girls were all but inanimate, and this dull unresponsiveness eventually produced the desired result.
His clear-cut features, something too sharply defined for absolute regularity, with the unassertive effect of his straight auburn hair, his deliberate, contemplative glance, his reserved, high-bred look, the quiet decorum of his manner, were not suggestive of the tumult of his inner consciousness, and the unresponsiveness of his aspect baffled Briscoe.
The remaining twin nudged its fallen brother with its nose, puzzled by its unresponsiveness.