unresponsiveness (n)
deadness#2 (n)

n05213201

type n
lex_filenum 07
def the quality of being unresponsive
def not reacting
def as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events
examples she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident
in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away
Outgoing links
Hypernym quality
Derivationally related form deadness → dead(p); deadness → dead
Derivationally related form unresponsiveness → unresponsive; unresponsiveness → unresponsive
Antonym unresponsiveness → responsiveness
Hyponym frigidity, frigidness; resistance
Incoming links
Derivationally related form unresponsive → unresponsiveness; unresponsive → unresponsiveness
Derivationally related form dead → deadness; dead(p) → deadness
Hyponym quality
Antonym responsiveness → unresponsiveness
Hypernym frigidity, frigidness; resistance

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