1. (

• unresponsiveness ,
• deadness ,

) the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events; "she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident"; "in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away" ;

2. (

• deadness ,

) the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity; "he objected to the deadness of the tennis balls" ;

3. (

• deadness

) the inanimate property of something that has died ;