nonresponsiveness
Failure to answer
Nonresponsiveness is failure to respond or react when a response is expected.
A patient may show nonresponsiveness to treatment when medication produces no effect.
In communication, nonresponsiveness describes someone who doesn't answer messages or engage: His nonresponsiveness to her texts made her anxious.
The term often carries implicit criticism—suggesting neglect or evasion rather than mere silence.
Absence of feeling
- indifferenceLack of interest
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- numbnessLoss of sensation
- disinterestAbsence of bias
unconcern · coldness · aloofness · impassivity · dispassion · stonewalling · withdrawal · shutdown
Total lack of sound
- reticenceHabitual verbal restraint
- taciturnityDisinclined to speak
- mutenessInability to speak
- stonewallingDeliberately refusing to respond
evasion · avoidance · ghosting · ignoring · withholding · uncommunicativeness · tight-lipped · closemouthed
Deliberate nonmovement
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- delayEnforced waiting period
- stonewallingDeliberately refusing to respond
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
unaccountability · foot-dragging · buck-passing · runaround · indifference · dismissiveness · inaccessibility · gridlock
apathy
Absence of feeling
- indifferenceLack of interest
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- numbnessLoss of sensation
disinterest · unconcern · coldness · aloofness · impassivity · dispassion · stonewalling · withdrawal · shutdown · flatness
silence
Total lack of sound
- reticenceHabitual verbal restraint
- taciturnityDisinclined to speak
- mutenessInability to speak
stonewalling · evasion · avoidance · ghosting · ignoring · withholding · uncommunicativeness · tight-lipped · closemouthed · speechlessness
inaction
Deliberate nonmovement
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- delayEnforced waiting period
- stonewallingDeliberately refusing to respond
obstruction · unaccountability · foot-dragging · buck-passing · runaround · indifference · dismissiveness · inaccessibility · gridlock · stagnation
unconsciousness
Complete lack of awareness
lethargy · catatonia · paralysis · numbness · shock · sedation · vegetative · obtundation · syncope · flaccidity
malfunction
Failure to operate properly
hang · crash · lag · latency · downtime · outage · glitch · error · deadlock · stall
nonresponsivenessresponsiveness
Readiness to react
responsivity · reactivity · attentiveness · engagement · alertness
nonresponsivenessengagement
Commitment to wed or attend
responsiveness · interactivity · participation · communicativeness · involvement
nonresponsivenessreceptiveness
Willingness to accept ideas
receptivity · sensitivity · perceptiveness · adaptability · flexibility
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