unresponsive
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In an absence seizure, a person has varying degrees of loss of awareness and can result in the person affected losing balance and being unresponsive during the seizure itself.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
When emergency responders in Greenville, S.C., found Panettiere in an apartment on Sunday, she was unresponsive and in cardiac arrest.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
They must suffer from pain that is either unresponsive to treatment or, in the patient's view, unbearable if they have chosen not to receive or to stop receiving treatment.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Two hours later, Maui police officers responded to reports of an unresponsive male at the Sands of Kahana, a condominium resort at 4299 Lower Honoapi’ilani Road in Lahaina.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
He felt as though he were sitting in an examination with a question he ought to have been able to answer in front of him, his brain slow and unresponsive.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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