Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
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;
- Example: "she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident"- Example: "in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away"[syn: unresponsiveness, deadness]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unresponsiveness
n 1: 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; "she began to
recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident";
"in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped
away" [syn: unresponsiveness, deadness] [ant:
responsiveness]