in·sen·sate
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| 1. | not endowed with sensation; inanimate: insensate stone. |
| 2. | without human feeling or sensitivity; cold; cruel; brutal. |
| 3. | without sense, understanding, or judgment; foolish. |
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adj.
[Latin īnsēnsātus : in-, not; see in-1 + sēnsus, understanding, reason; see sense.] in·sen'sate'ly adv., in·sen'sate'ness n. |
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insensate
1519, from L.L. insensatus "irrational, foolish," from L. in- "not" + sensatus "gifted with sense." Insensate means "not capable of feeling sensation," often "inanimate;" insensible means "lacking the power to feel with the senses," hence, often, "unconscious;" insensitive (1610), from M.L. sensitivus, means "having little or no reaction to what is perceived by one's senses," often "tactless."
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| insensate | |
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| 1. | devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation; "insentient (or insensate) stone" [syn: insentient] [ant: animate] |
| 2. | without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" [syn: cold] |
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Insensate
In*sen"sate\, a. [L. insensatus. See In- not, and Sensate.] Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish. The silence and the calm Of mute, insensate things. --Wordsworth. The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen. --Buckle. -- In*sen"sate*ly, adv. -- In*sen"sate*ness, n.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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