irresponsive
irresponsive adjective: that does not respond to stimuli; unresponsive.
Adjective
irresponsive (comparative more irresponsive, superlative most irresponsive)
- That does not respond to stimuli; unresponsive.
- The church bells, faintly and fitfully heard, clanged their invitation to an irresponsive town; […]1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major
- At dawn some weeks back it had creaked across the plain, and at a point where the scrub curved, the husband had stopped the horse while the woman parted the tilt and waved goodbye to the bent, irresponsive old man and his dog.1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 27
irresponsive meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
irresponsive in Tamil
- பொறுப்பற்ற
irresponsive in Urdu
- غیرموافق, ناآمادہ
irresponsive in Kannada
- ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆ ತೋರದ
Forms of irresponsive
| comparative | more irresponsive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most irresponsive |
Origin of irresponsive
From ir- + responsive.
Words formed from irresponsive
Questions about irresponsive
- What does irresponsive mean?
- Irresponsive means that does not respond to stimuli; unresponsive.
- What is irresponsive in Tamil?
- Irresponsive in Tamil is பொறுப்பற்ற. See Irresponsive meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is irresponsive?
- Irresponsive is an adjective.
Words near irresponsive in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: irresponsive (page history and authors); irresponsive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irresponsive (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irresponsive (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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