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insensible
[ in-sen-suh-buhl ]
adjective
- incapable of feeling or perceiving; deprived of sensation; unconscious, as a person after a violent blow.
- without or not subject to a particular feeling or sensation:
insensible to shame; insensible to the cold.
- unaware; unconscious; inappreciative:
We are not insensible of your kindness.
- not perceptible by the senses; imperceptible:
insensible transitions.
- unresponsive in feeling.
Synonyms: , , , , , , ,
- not susceptible of emotion or passion; void of any feeling.
Synonyms: , , , , , , ,
- not endowed with feeling or sensation, as matter; inanimate.
insensible
/ ɪˈɛԲəə /
adjective
- lacking sensation or consciousness
- foll byof or to unaware (of) or indifferent (to)
insensible to suffering
- thoughtless or callous
- a less common word for imperceptible
Derived Forms
- ˈԲ, adverb
- ˌԲˈٲ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·s· adverb
- ·ȴ·i·ٲ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of insensible1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
But the Cylinder Sling by Building Block flirts with such attitude without becoming rude or insensible.
"The Humane Methods of Slaughter Act, passed in 1958, requires all animals be 'rendered insensible to pain' before being shackled or killed — all animals except for poultry," she notes.
I would just add one corrective, it wasn't just enslaved Black women, it was that all Black people were insensible to pain.
The novel positions him as insensible to agendas, hopelessly subject to the whims of the altruistic and the cruel.
Harriet was not insensible of manner; she had voluntarily noticed her father’s gentleness with admiration as well as wonder.
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