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Meaning of irresponsive | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

That does not respond to stimuli; unresponsive.

Examples

“The church bells, faintly and fitfully heard, clanged their invitation to an irresponsive town; […]”
“At dawn some weeks back it had creaked across the plain, and at a point where the scrub curved, the husband had stopped the horse while the woman parted the tilt and waved goodbye to the bent, irresponsive old man and his dog.”
“I had seen him once in that brown coat; I touched its sleeve, but it was limp and irresponsive to that faint call of memory.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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