non-responsive
Failing to reply
Non-responsive means failing to respond or react.
A non-responsive patient shows no reaction to stimuli.
A non-responsive witness evades questions without answering them directly.
In legal contexts, an answer is non-responsive if it doesn't address what was actually asked: The judge struck the testimony as non-responsive.
Also spelled nonresponsive.
Producing no sound
- uncommunicativeUnwilling to share thoughts
- muteWithout voice or sound
- tight-lippedUnwilling to divulge
- reticentDisinclined to speak freely
taciturn · evasive · stonewalling · unanswering · unreplying · incommunicado · withholding · ignoring
Lacking interest or concern
- uninterestedLacking curiosity or concern
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- unconcernedFeeling no worry
- disengagedNot participating or invested
passive · unmoved · cold · aloof · dispassionate · emotionless · listless · unemotional
Solidified by extreme cold
- crashedSuddenly failed or slept
- laggingFailing to keep pace
- hungFastened from above
- stalledStopped unexpectedly
buffering · glitchy · malfunctioning · dead · inoperable · buggy · unclickable · broken
Inactive, physically or chemically
- unreactiveNot prone to reactions
- stableSecure and unchanging
- nonreactiveChemically inactive substance
- neutralNot favoring any side
inactive · impervious · resistant · unaffected · immune · insensitive · untriggered
Not awake or aware
- comatoseDeeply unconscious, unrousable
- paralyzedUnable to move voluntarily
- vegetativeOf plant growth
- sedatedCalmed by medication
flatlined · stuporous · brain-dead · insentient · anesthetized · cataleptic · insensate
silent
Producing no sound
- uncommunicativeUnwilling to share thoughts
- muteWithout voice or sound
- tight-lippedUnwilling to divulge
reticent · taciturn · evasive · stonewalling · unanswering · unreplying · incommunicado · withholding · ignoring · ghosting
indifferent
Lacking interest or concern
- uninterestedLacking curiosity or concern
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- unconcernedFeeling no worry
disengaged · passive · unmoved · cold · aloof · dispassionate · emotionless · listless · unemotional · impassive
frozen
Solidified by extreme cold
stalled · buffering · glitchy · malfunctioning · dead · inoperable · buggy · unclickable · broken · sluggish
inert
Inactive, physically or chemically
- unreactiveNot prone to reactions
- stableSecure and unchanging
- nonreactiveChemically inactive substance
neutral · inactive · impervious · resistant · unaffected · immune · insensitive · untriggered
unconscious
Not awake or aware
- comatoseDeeply unconscious, unrousable
- paralyzedUnable to move voluntarily
- vegetativeOf plant growth
sedated · flatlined · stuporous · brain-dead · insentient · anesthetized · cataleptic · insensate
non-responsiveresponsive
Quick to react
communicative · engaged · interactive · forthcoming · cooperative
responsive, respond, response, responds, responded, responding, responder, responders, respondent