unresponsiveness
English Thesaurus
1. 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 (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | quality, |
| definition | : | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | frigidity, frigidness, |
| definition | : | sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | resistance, |
| definition | : | the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) (noun.attribute) |
| antonym | : | responsiveness, |
| definition | : | the quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | unresponsive, |
| definition | : | not responding to some influence or stimulus (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | dead, deadened, |
| definition | : | devoid of physical sensation; numb (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | dead, numb, |
| definition | : | (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | unresponsive, |
| definition | : | aloof or indifferent (adj.all) |
| antonym | : | responsiveness, |
| definition | : | the quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | unresponsive, |
| definition | : | not responding to some influence or stimulus (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | dead, deadened, |
| definition | : | devoid of physical sensation; numb (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | dead, numb, |
| definition | : | (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | unresponsive, |
| definition | : | aloof or indifferent (adj.all) |
Visual ArtiKata
Explore unresponsiveness in ArtiKata.com >