unresponsively love

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  • adverb In an unresponsive manner.

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Examples

  • I would find him sitting on the bedroom floor with one shoe on, the other still on the floor beside him, staring unresponsively at the wall.

    HOUSE RULES JODI PICOULT 2010

  • They force us to think - spatially and literally - in two dimensions: tall organizations command unresponsively, and flat organizations respond uncontrollably.

    Archive 2008-11-01 2008

  • They force us to think - spatially and literally - in two dimensions: tall organizations command unresponsively, and flat organizations respond uncontrollably.

    Armchair Quarterbacking at the corner of Pop Psych and Business. 2008

  • The Galactic mothership, that so unresponsively and impressively orbited the Moon, beyond human reach, could not possibly be what it appeared.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2003

  • Obviously, some consultant/customer relations guru got his hooks into Verizon online, because they started offering free stuff to people who signed up for their unresponsively restrictive DSL service.

    5/30/02 We're back up in 2002

  • Obviously, some consultant/customer relations guru got his hooks into Verizon online, because they started offering free stuff to people who signed up for their unresponsively restrictive DSL service.

    5/12/02 Obviously, some consultant/customer relations 2002

  • The government prosecuted Bronston "on the theory that in order to mislead his questioner, [Bronston] answered the second question with literal truthfulness but unresponsively addressed his answer to the company's assets and not to his own -- thereby implying that he had no personal Swiss bank account at the relevant time."

    Preliminary Memorandom Referral Office Of Independent Counsel ITY National Archives 1998

  • The government prosecuted Bronston "on the theory that in order to mislead his questioner, [Bronston] answered the second question with literal truthfulness but unresponsively addressed his answer to the company's assets and not to his own -- thereby implying that he had no personal Swiss bank account at the relevant time."

    Submission By Counsel For President Clinton To The Committee ITY National Archives 1998

  • He shrugged unresponsively and lifted his arm free of hers, shunning the contact.

    The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985

  • He shrugged unresponsively and lifted his arm free of hers, shunning the contact.

    The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985

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