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nonresponsiveness

nonresponsiveness noun: lack of responsiveness, as to a medicine; the quality or condition of being nonresponsive.

Noun

nonresponsiveness (uncountable)

  1. Lack of responsiveness, as to a medicine; the quality or condition of being nonresponsive.
    • Tiring of the nonresponsiveness of the colonial leaders, who were mainly concerned with protecting the interests of the wealthier planters in the lowcountry and honoring the terms of the Proclamation of 1763, and the ineffectiveness of a judicial system too weak to offer legal protections, the...2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 37

Origin of nonresponsiveness

From non- + responsiveness.

Questions about nonresponsiveness

What does nonresponsiveness mean?
Nonresponsiveness means lack of responsiveness, as to a medicine; the quality or condition of being nonresponsive.
What part of speech is nonresponsiveness?
Nonresponsiveness is a noun.

Words near nonresponsiveness in the dictionary

  1. nonresponse
  2. nonresponses
  3. nonresponsibility
  4. nonresponsible
  5. nonresponsive
  6. nonresponsiveness
  7. nonrestaurant
  8. nonresting
  9. nonrestitutable
  10. nonrestitution
  11. nonrestorable

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