Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: unresponsive
IPA transcription: [,ʌnɹisp'ɑnsɪv]
Pronunciations of unresponsive
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: unresponsive
    Meaning: not responding to some influence or stimulus
Usage examples
  • A dish is an unresponsive thing.
  • John took it and looked long and soberly at the unresponsive grenadine.
  • Thus, she was unwontedly deaf and unresponsive to Small Porges, who presently fell into a profound gloom, in consequence; and thus, she held in the eager mare who therefore, shied, and fidgeted, and tossed her head indignantly.
  • The relay at A would be unresponsive, but the core of the relay at B would be magnetized and its armature respond to signals from A. In like manner, if the transmitter at B be closed, current would flow through similar parts and thus cause the relay at A to respond.
  • It must be borne in mind, however, in considering a duplex system, that a differential relay is used AT EACH END of the line and forms part of the circuit; and that while each relay must be absolutely unresponsive to the signals SENT OUT FROM ITS HOME OFFICE, it must respond to signals transmitted by a DISTANT OFFICE.
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