irresponsiveness

They all exhibited essentially the same phenomena of fatigue and depression, together with possibilities of recovery and of exaltation, yet also that of permanent irresponsiveness which is associated with death.

Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose

He found that they are all benumbed by cold, intoxicated by alcohol, wearied by excessive work, stupified by anaesthetics, excited by electric currents, stung by physical blows and killed by poison -- they all exhibit essentially the same phenomena of fatigue and depression, together with possibilities of recovery and of exaltation, yet also that of permanent irresponsiveness which is associated with death -- they all are responsive or irresponsive under the same conditions and in the same manner.

Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose

Yet in spite of the vague irresponsiveness of his spiritual condition and the sorrow that overwhelmed him, he could not help wondering at a new and strange sensation in his heart.

The Brothers Karamazov 2003

In explanation of his friend's occasional preoccupied, listless irresponsiveness, Claude said:

Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 Carson Jay Lee

They all exhibited essentially the same phenomena of fatigue and depression, with possibilities of recovery and of exaltation, as well as the permanent irresponsiveness associated with death.

Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935

Our blundering political system is pachydermic in its irresponsiveness.

A Preface to Politics Walter Lippmann 1931

They all exhibited essentially the same phenomena of fatigue and depression, with possibilities of recovery and of exaltation, as well as the permanent irresponsiveness associated with death.

Autobiography of a Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda 1922

Since another investigator, Kishi, has observed the presence of similar plugs of wax in the ears of common mice which could hear, there is but slight probability that Panse is right in considering the plugs of wax as the cause of the dancer's irresponsiveness to sounds.

The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior Robert M. Yerkes 1916

Repeatedly in the foregoing chapters mention has been made of the dancer's irresponsiveness to sounds, but it has not been definitely stated whether this peculiarity of behavior is due to deafness or to the inhibition of reaction.

The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior Robert M. Yerkes 1916

Was he likely to meet a like irresponsiveness when he should seek clothing for the body?

Success A Novel Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914