unresponsive
Failing to answer
Unresponsive means failing to react or respond.
A person may be unresponsive to treatment, to criticism, or to questions—showing no change or acknowledgment.
In medical contexts, an unresponsive patient cannot be roused: The paramedics found him unresponsive.
Software or devices that freeze are also unresponsive.
A government unresponsive to citizens' needs ignores their concerns.
Lacking interest or concern
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
- coldLow temperature state
- aloofEmotionally withdrawn, uninviting
- detachedApart or uninvolved
distant · withdrawn · disengaged · uncaring · unmoved · impassive · stoic · disinterested
Not awake or aware
- comatoseDeeply unconscious, unrousable
- inertInactive, physically or chemically
- lifelessDevoid of animation
- motionlessLacking all movement
paralyzed · immobile · unmoving · still · frozen · limp · collapsed · incapacitated
Lacking physical sensation
- deadenedMade less intense
- desensitizedMade unresponsive through overexposure
- insensibleUnaware, without feeling
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
dulled · anesthetized · benumbed · sensationless · impervious · unreactive · blank
Not required to justify
- bureaucraticExcessively procedural
- negligentFailing in due care
- ineffectiveLacking power to achieve
- dismissiveShowing contemptuous disregard
tone-deaf · obstructive · unhelpful · inflexible · indifferent · stonewalling · dysfunctional · inactive
Solidified by extreme cold
- crashedSuddenly failed or slept
- hungFastened from above
- laggingFailing to keep pace
- bufferingTemporary data accumulation
glitchy · malfunctioning · dead · bricked · stalled · loading · spinning · stuck
Producing no sound
- uncommunicativeUnwilling to share thoughts
- tight-lippedUnwilling to divulge
- muteWithout voice or sound
- quietLacking in sound
ignoring · unreplying · ghosting · dismissive · evasive · unavailable · inaccessible · unreachable
indifferent
Lacking interest or concern
detached · distant · withdrawn · disengaged · uncaring · unmoved · impassive · stoic · disinterested · unconcerned
unconscious
Not awake or aware
- comatoseDeeply unconscious, unrousable
- inertInactive, physically or chemically
- lifelessDevoid of animation
motionless · paralyzed · immobile · unmoving · still · frozen · limp · collapsed · incapacitated · insensate
numb
Lacking physical sensation
- deadenedMade less intense
- desensitizedMade unresponsive through overexposure
- insensibleUnaware, without feeling
unfeeling · dulled · anesthetized · benumbed · sensationless · impervious · unreactive · blank
unaccountable
Not required to justify
- bureaucraticExcessively procedural
- negligentFailing in due care
- ineffectiveLacking power to achieve
dismissive · tone-deaf · obstructive · unhelpful · inflexible · indifferent · stonewalling · dysfunctional · inactive · stagnant
frozen
Solidified by extreme cold
buffering · glitchy · malfunctioning · dead · bricked · stalled · loading · spinning · stuck · non-functional
silent
Producing no sound
- uncommunicativeUnwilling to share thoughts
- tight-lippedUnwilling to divulge
- muteWithout voice or sound
quiet · ignoring · unreplying · ghosting · dismissive · evasive · unavailable · inaccessible · unreachable · incommunicado
- malfunctionsbroken, defective, glitch, faulty, error
- nonfunctionalbroken, malfunctioning, inoperative, out of order, nonfunctional
- tech problemsbug, paper jam, low ink, dropped calls, bugs
- incapacitatedunconscious, knocked out, out cold, passed out, comatose
- consciousness statesunconscious, conscious, awake, alert, sleep
- detachmentemotional numbness, detached, dispassion, disengaged, indifference
unresponsiveresponsive
Quick to react
reactive · receptive · answering · respondent · communicative
unresponsivesympathetic
Feeling others' emotions
empathetic · sensitive · warm · caring · compassionate
- unresponsive screenDisplay ignoring all input