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Definition of Irresponsive
1. a. Not responsive; not able, ready, or inclined to respond.
Definition of Irresponsive
1. Adjective. That does not respond to stimuli ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Irresponsive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irresponsive
Literary usage of Irresponsive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rules of Evidence as Prescribed by the Common Law: For the Trial of Actions by George William Bradner (1895)
"Answer irresponsive in part — Remedy of opposite party.— When the question put
to a witness in itself calls for nothing but testimony which is proper, ..."
2. Abraham Lincoln and the Downfall of American Slavery by Noah Brooks (1894)
"Lincoln's Admiration of Henry Clay—An irresponsive Idol—Slavery and the Tariff—Lincoln
Elected to Congress—The Mexican War—A Queer Nickname—Rise of the ..."
3. Memoirs of Doctor Burney by Fanny Burney (1832)
"... and not an action is recorded, or known of him, that is irresponsive of such
universal benevolence. Dr. Burney, now, without a single black-ball, ..."
4. Abraham Lincoln: The Nation's Leader in the Great Struggle Through which was by Noah Brooks (1888)
"Lincoln's Admiration of Henry Clay—An irresponsive Idol—Slavery and the Tariff—Lincoln
Elected to Congress—The Mexican War —A Queer Nickname—Rise of the ..."
5. Commentaries on the Law of Contracts: Being a Consideration of the Nature ...by William Frederick Elliott by William Frederick Elliott (1913)
"Answers calculated to mislead—irresponsive answers.—Where the matters in question
are open to general observation the applicant need not go into details, ..."
6. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Carl Schurz, Joseph Hodges Choate, Noah Brooks, Stephen Arnold Douglas, Arthur Brooks Lapsley (1906)
"Lincoln's Admiration of Henry Clay—An irresponsive Idol—Slavery and the Tariff—Lincoln
Elected to Congress—The Mexican War —A Queer Nickname—Rise of the ..."
7. Rules of Evidence as Prescribed by the Common Law: For the Trial of Actions by George William Bradner (1895)
"Answer irresponsive in part — Remedy of opposite party.— When the question put
to a witness in itself calls for nothing but testimony which is proper, ..."
8. Abraham Lincoln and the Downfall of American Slavery by Noah Brooks (1894)
"Lincoln's Admiration of Henry Clay—An irresponsive Idol—Slavery and the Tariff—Lincoln
Elected to Congress—The Mexican War—A Queer Nickname—Rise of the ..."
9. Memoirs of Doctor Burney by Fanny Burney (1832)
"... and not an action is recorded, or known of him, that is irresponsive of such
universal benevolence. Dr. Burney, now, without a single black-ball, ..."
10. Abraham Lincoln: The Nation's Leader in the Great Struggle Through which was by Noah Brooks (1888)
"Lincoln's Admiration of Henry Clay—An irresponsive Idol—Slavery and the Tariff—Lincoln
Elected to Congress—The Mexican War —A Queer Nickname—Rise of the ..."
11. Commentaries on the Law of Contracts: Being a Consideration of the Nature ...by William Frederick Elliott by William Frederick Elliott (1913)
"Answers calculated to mislead—irresponsive answers.—Where the matters in question
are open to general observation the applicant need not go into details, ..."
12. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Carl Schurz, Joseph Hodges Choate, Noah Brooks, Stephen Arnold Douglas, Arthur Brooks Lapsley (1906)
"Lincoln's Admiration of Henry Clay—An irresponsive Idol—Slavery and the Tariff—Lincoln
Elected to Congress—The Mexican War —A Queer Nickname—Rise of the ..."
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