unresponsiveness

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Thân thiện

She sat with a quiet unresponsiveness as her friend tried to cheer her up.

Definition

Noun: The state or quality of not reacting or responding. It describes a lack of physical, emotional, or intellectual reaction to stimuli, people, or events. This can manifest as a failure to answer, a lack of emotional engagement, or an absence of physical response.

Usage

"Unresponsiveness" is used to describe a condition or characteristic. It is often applied to people, but can also describe machines, systems, or organizations that fail to react appropriately. * It is commonly modified by adjectives (e.g., complete unresponsiveness, emotional unresponsiveness). * It frequently follows prepositions like in, from, or due to (e.g., in a state of unresponsiveness, recover from unresponsiveness).

Examples

• The patient's unresponsiveness to the treatment worried the doctors.
• Her unresponsiveness to his questions made the conversation very difficult.
• The government was criticized for its unresponsiveness to the citizens' complaints.

Advanced Usage

• Clinical/Medical Context: In medicine, "unresponsiveness" can describe a patient's state, such as being in a coma or under deep sedation. It is a key diagnostic observation.
  • The nurse noted the patient's unresponsiveness to verbal commands.
• Technical/Mechanical Context: It can describe a system or device that fails to react to input or commands.
  • The unresponsiveness of the touchscreen made the device unusable.

Variants and Related Words

• Unresponsive (adjective): Not reacting or responding appropriately.
  • He was unresponsive to her pleas.
• Responsiveness (noun): The quality of reacting quickly and positively. (Antonym)
  • We value the responsiveness of our customer service team.

Synonyms

• Insensitivity: Lack of response to emotional or physical feelings.
• Apathy: Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
• Impassivity: The quality of not showing emotion; calmness.
• Inertia: A tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged. (Used figuratively for lack of action)

Antonyms

• Responsiveness
• Sensitivity
• Receptiveness
• Alertness

Idioms and Phrases

• A wall of unresponsiveness: A metaphorical barrier that prevents communication or reaction.
  • When he tried to discuss the problem, he met a wall of unresponsiveness from the management.

Học thuật

Noun

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
   • she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident
   • in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away

Từ đồng nghĩa

• deadness