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unresponding

unresponding adjective: not responding; unresponsive.

Adjective

unresponding (comparative more unresponding, superlative most unresponding)

  1. Not responding; unresponsive.
    • You could read this collection as a critique — of our celebrity culture, of the uses we make of unresponding creatures — and Millet is sufficiently thorough to layer these resonances in a satisfying way.2009 October 4, Willing Davidson, “Animal Magnetism”, in New York Times

Forms of unresponding

comparativemore unresponding
superlativemost unresponding

Origin of unresponding

From un- + responding.

Words formed from unresponding

Questions about unresponding

What does unresponding mean?
Unresponding means not responding; unresponsive.
What part of speech is unresponding?
Unresponding is an adjective.

Words near unresponding in the dictionary

  1. unrespirable
  2. unrespired
  3. unrespited
  4. unresplendent
  5. unresponded
  6. unresponding
  7. unrespondingness
  8. unresponsibility
  9. unresponsible
  10. unresponsibleness
  11. unresponsibly

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