Nonresponsiveness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 1 Lack of responsiveness, as to a medicine; the quality or condition of being nonresponsive. uncountable
"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 Regulators took matters into their own hands."
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More examples"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 Regulators took matters into their own hands."
Etymology
From non- + responsiveness.