Unresponsiveness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being unresponsive. uncountable

    "As donors in New England learn about the national march committee's unresponsiveness to local organizing efforts and debts, these donors will not likely be open to further supporting your work in the future. The refusal of the national march committee to help local groups pay off their debts is alienating to local and national foundations."

  2. 2
    the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events wordnet

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abstractionabuliaalienationanesthesiaanxietyapathy

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"As donors in New England learn about the national march committee's unresponsiveness to local organizing efforts and debts, these donors will not likely be open to further supporting your work in the future. The refusal of the national march committee to help local groups pay off their debts is alienating to local and national foundations."

Etymology

From unresponsive + -ness.

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