If a person or their body is unresponsive, they do not react physically in a normal way, or do not make any movements. I found her in a coma, totally unresponsive. not reacting to something or not affected by it unresponsive to
An unresponsive person does not react or pay enough attention to something, for example to an urgent situation or to people's needs. He was totally unresponsive to the pressing social and economic needs of the majority of the population. a cold, unresponsive man. responsive