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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. |
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Language Translation for : insensitive
| Spanish: | insensible, | German: | unempfindlich, | Japanese: | 無神経な |
| in·sen·si·tive
(ĭn-sěn'sĭ-tĭv) Pronunciation Key
adj.
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Insensitive
In*sen"si*tive\, a. Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility. --Tillotson. Ruskin.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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