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in⋅sen⋅si⋅tive

[in-sen-si-tiv]

–adjective

1.	deficient in human sensibility, acuteness of feeling, or consideration; unfeeling; callous: an insensitive person.

2.	not physically sensitive: insensitive skin.

3.	not affected by physical or chemical agencies or influences: insensitive to light.

4.	not readily responsive or aware: insensitive to the needs of the peasants.

Origin:
1600–10; in- ³ + sensitive

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Language Translation for : insensitive

Spanish:

insensible,

German:

unempfindlich,

Japanese:

無神経な

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in·sen·si·tive (ĭn-sěn'sĭ-tĭv) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Not physically sensitive; numb.
1. Lacking in sensitivity to the feelings or circumstances of others; unfeeling.
2. Lacking in responsiveness: insensitive to the needs of the customers.

in·sen'si·tive·ly adv., in·sen'si·tiv'i·ty, in·sen'si·tive·ness n.

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insensitive

1610, "having little or no reaction to what is perceived by one's senses," from in- "not" + sensitive. See insensate.

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insensitive
adjective
1.	not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation" [ant: sensitive]
2.	deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients" [ant: sensitive]

Insensitive

In*sen"si*tive\, a. Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility. --Tillotson. Ruskin.

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