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in⋅sen⋅si⋅ble

[in-sen-suh-buhl]
–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
Language Translation for : insensible
Spanish: inconsciente, sin conocimiento, German: bewußtlos, Japanese: 意識がない
in·sen·si·ble     (ĭn-sěn'sə-bəl)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
  1. 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.

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.

insensible

adjective
1. incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth" [ant: sensible
2. unaware of or indifferent to; "insensible to the suffering around him" 
3. barely able to be perceived; "the transition was almost indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change" [syn: indiscernible
4. unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless" 

Insensible

In*sen"si*ble\, a. [L. insensibilis: cf. F. insensible. See In- not, and Sensible.]

1. Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility. --Milton.

2. Not susceptible of emotion or passion; void of feeling; apathetic; unconcerned; indifferent; as, insensible to danger, fear, love, etc.; -- often used with of or to.

Accept an obligation without being a slave to the giver, or insensible to his kindness. --Sir H. Wotton.

Lost in their loves, insensible of shame. --Dryden.

3. Incapable of being perceived by the senses; imperceptible. Hence: Progressing by imperceptible degrees; slow; gradual; as, insensible motion.

Two small and almost insensible pricks were found upon Cleopatra's arm. --Sir T. Browne.

They fall away, And languish with insensible decay. --Dryden.

4. Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless. [Obs.]

If it make the indictment be insensible or uncertain, it shall be quashed. --Sir M. Hale.

Syn: Imperceptible; imperceivable; dull; stupid; torpid; numb; unfeeling; apathetic; stoical; impassive; indifferent; unsusceptible; hard; callous.

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