unresponsiveness

noun

Definition of unresponsivenessnext
as in indifference

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  1. indifference
  2. apathy
  3. quietude
  4. disinterest
Noun
  • While many Americans reacted with horror to the brutal shooting, others responded with indifference or callousness, citing their negative experiences with health insurance companies.
    Andrew Stanton, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The big picture: Parent UnitedHealth Group's plummeting market value this week suggests investors fear a regulatory crackdown in response to the public outcry over coverage denials and corporate indifference.
    Maya Goldman, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of indifference
Noun
  • Common symptoms include difficulty focusing, lack of energy, irritability, and a general sense of apathy toward your work.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Compounded with inconsistent datasets almost always full of excessive standard deviations and utter apathy toward innovation, a viable environmental policy simply cannot survive (let alone thrive) in such conditions.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of apathy
Noun
  • Perhaps turning to the use of AI during quietude is reinforcing a dependency on generative AI.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • This seems to keep you within the boundaries of quietude.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of quietude
Noun
  • Steely Dan’s longtime producer Gary Katz expressed a similar disinterest in the yacht rock label — albeit using less-colorful language — this summer during an interview with the music manager Scott Barkham in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
    Elias Leight, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2024
  • And while Republican-friendly areas of Texas might feel compelled to support the effort, other southern border states, like Arizona and California, have already expressed their disinterest.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of disinterest
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