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Unresponsive vs Lethargic - What's the difference?

unresponsive | lethargic |

As adjectives the difference between unresponsive and lethargic

is that unresponsive is not responsive; unreactive while lethargic is sluggish, slow.

unresponsive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not responsive; unreactive.
  • Indifferent or apathetic; emotionless.

    • Synonyms

    * nonresponsive

    Antonyms

    * responsive

    lethargic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * lethargick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • sluggish, slow
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter VII , passage=[That cat] hasn't caught a mouse since he was a slip of a kitten. Except when eating, he does nothing but sleep. Lethargic is the word that springs to the lips. If you cast an eye on him, you will see that he's asleep now.}}
  • indifferent, apathetic

    • Synonyms

    * torpid * lazy * unmoving

    Related terms

    * alethic, alethiology, philalethia * lethargy * Lethe