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insensibility

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in⋅sen⋅si⋅ble

  [in-sen-suh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. incapable of feeling or perceiving; deprived of sensation; unconscious, as a person after a violent blow.
2. without or not subject to a particular feeling or sensation: insensible to shame; insensible to the cold.
3. unaware; unconscious; inappreciative: We are not insensible of your kindness.
4. not perceptible by the senses; imperceptible: insensible transitions.
5. unresponsive in feeling.
6. not susceptible of emotion or passion; void of any feeling.
7. not endowed with feeling or sensation, as matter; inanimate.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L insēnsibilis. See in- 3 , sensible

Related forms:
in⋅sen⋅si⋅bly, adverb
in⋅sen⋅si⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun

Synonyms:
5, 6. apathetic, unfeeling, indifferent, cool; dull, passionless, emotionless, torpid.
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in·sen·si·ble   (ĭn-sěn'sə-bəl)   
adj.  

    1. Imperceptible; inappreciable: an insensible change in temperature.

    2. Very small or gradual: insensible movement.

    3. Having lost consciousness, especially temporarily; unconscious: lay insensible where he had fallen.

    4. Not invested with sensation; inanimate: insensible clay.

    5. Devoid of physical sensation or the power to react, as to pain or cold; numb.

    6. Unaware; unmindful: I am not insensible of your concern.

    7. Not emotionally responsive; indifferent: insensible to criticism.

    1. Having lost consciousness, especially temporarily; unconscious: lay insensible where he had fallen.

    2. Not invested with sensation; inanimate: insensible clay.

    3. Devoid of physical sensation or the power to react, as to pain or cold; numb.

    4. Unaware; unmindful: I am not insensible of your concern.

    5. Not emotionally responsive; indifferent: insensible to criticism.

    1. Unaware; unmindful: I am not insensible of your concern.

    2. Not emotionally responsive; indifferent: insensible to criticism.

  4. Lacking meaning; unintelligible.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin īnsēnsibilis, imperceivable : in-, not; see in-1 + sēnsibilis, perceptible; see sensible.]
in·sen'si·bil'i·ty, in·sen'si·ble·ness n., in·sen'si·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

insensible 
c.1380, "lacking the power to feel with the senses," from L. insensibilis "that cannot be felt," from in- "not" + sensibilis, from sentire "to feel." Meaning "unconscious" is attested from 1426. See insensate.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·sen·si·ble
Pronunciation: -'sen(t)-s&-b&l
Function: adjective
1 : incapable or bereft of feeling orsensation: as a : UNCONSCIOUS insensible by a sudden blow> b : lacking sensory perception or ability to react <insensible to pain> c : lacking emotional response : APATHETIC
2 : not perceived by the senses <insensible perspiration> —in·sen·si·bil·i·ty /(")in-"sen(t)-s&-'bil-&t-E/ noun plural -ties
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insensible in·sen·si·ble (ĭn-sěn'sə-bəl)
adj.

  1. Having lost consciousness, especially temporarily; unconscious.

  2. Lacking physical sensation or the power to react, as to pain or cold; numb.

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