Sentence examples for irresponsive from inspiring English sources

Parliament, the Thames, the irresponsive chauffeur...

James uses the actress's modifiers ("dull," "plain," "slow," "dutiful," "commonplace") but adds alternate interpretations: Catherine may have been quiet rather than dull, ladylike instead of plain, not stolid or irresponsive, only painfully shy.

But she was irresponsive because she was shy, uncomfortable, painfully shy.