not responding

Ignoring all contact

Not responding describes someone or something that fails to react or reply when expected.

A person may be not responding to messages, calls, or questions.

In computing, a program or system that is not responding has frozen or become unresponsive: The application is not responding—try closing it.

The phrase can signal anything from temporary distraction to serious emergency: She's not responding to treatment.

Related

spinning wheel · dead · playing dead · mute · ghosting · offline · unavailable · crashed · stuck · hanging · buffering · blank · cold · distant · gone dark · unaware · checked out · out to lunch

Categories
Opposites
communication engagement

not respondingresponding

Giving a reaction

replying · answering · engaged · communicating · in touch

system/device functionality

not respondingresponding

Giving a reaction

responsive · working · functioning · operational · running

medical/physiological reactivity

not respondingresponding

Giving a reaction

responsive · reactive · alert · conscious · aware

Family

respond, responding, response, responses, responsive, responsively, responsiveness, unresponsive, respondent

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Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G