not responsive; not responding, or not responding readily, as in speech, action, or feeling
Derived forms
irresponsiveness
noun
Word origin
[1840–50; ir-2 + responsive]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: colloid, dope, flan, pylon, warmup
Examples of 'irresponsive' in a sentence
irresponsive
It was most often indicated for irresponsive hemodynamic instability (40%), post-cardiotomy shock (20%) and post-cardiac arrest (20%).
Fernando A. Atik, Rodrigo Santos de Castro, Fabiana Moreira Passos Succi, Maria ReginaBarros, Cristina Afiune, Guilherme de Menezes Succi, Ricardo B. Corso, Cristiano N.Faber, Jorge Y. Afiune, Luiz Fernando Caneo 2008, 'Emprego do suporte cardiopulmonar com bomba centrífuga e oxigenador de membrana emcirurgia cardiovascular pediátrica Use of centrifugal pump and extracorporeal membraneoxygenation as cardiopulmonary support in pediatric cardiovascular surgery', Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2008000400001. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In some animals this clinical picture developed to bilateral blindness, with no reaction to threat and bilateral irresponsive midriasis.
Fernando Henrique Furlan, Joelma Lucioli, Vanessa Borelli, Joandes Henrique Fonteque,Luiz Stolf, Sandra Davi Traverso, Aldo Gava 2009, 'Intoxicação por closantel em ovinos e caprinos no Estado de Santa Catarina Poisoningby closantel in sheep and goats in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil', Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-736X2009000100014. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)