legal-terms
What does &quot;Materially Non responsive&quot; mean?
<p>A question is posed and an answer is supplied. If the response does not actually answer the question, is this what is meant by <em>materially non-responsive</em>?</p>

<p>Materially non-responsive means that the answer was "non-responsive" (i.e. it didn't answer the question being asked) in a significant and relevant manner. "Material" means in a matter this is significant and relevant to the issue being considered in the relevant context.</p>

<p>For example, if someone is asked, what is the state and city where this incident occurred, the answer "somewhere", while technically true, is materially non-responsive as it doesn't provide enough information that is available to the person asked to be a meaningful answer to the question of which city and state was involved, while the answer "Denver" might technically be non-responsive since it doesn't include a state, but this is not "materially non-responsive" if "Denver, Colorado" can be inferred from context.</p>
