insensitive
deficient in human sensibility, acuteness of feeling, or consideration; unfeeling; callous: an insensitive person.
not physically sensitive: insensitive skin.
not affected by physical or chemical agencies or influences: insensitive to light.
not readily responsive or aware: insensitive to the needs of the peasants.
Origin of insensitive
1Other words from insensitive
- in·sen·si·tive·ness, in·sen·si·tiv·i·ty, noun
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How to use insensitive in a sentence
This announcement is even more relevant given the political turmoil that started 2021 and the quick action many brands had to take to ensure their advertising and organic messaging wasn’t insensitive or positioned poorly.
Facebook testing brand safety topic exclusions for advertisers | Carolyn Lyden | January 29, 2021 | Search Engine LandHis subsequent horror at his own insensitivity, of course, provided fodder for a column!
At which point you might be baffled by the laughable insensitivity, or unsettled and disgusted by this appropriation.
Are Narcocorrido Mexican Drug Ballads Really That Bad? | Jimmy So | November 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is challenging—calling out some Jewish intolerance and insensitivity.
What Beinart Overlooks in His 'American Jewish Cocoon' Article | Gil Troy | September 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFirst came details of a lawsuit in which a former employee alleged racial insensitivity on the part of Deen.
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Moments later, I was receiving a long string of counter-tweets excoriating me for the supposed insensitivity of my comment.
She displayed that remarkable insensitivity of females in situations productive of both pride and embarrassment.
Space Tug | Murray LeinsterAll right, sometimes insensitivity could be a defense as it had at the sea gate.
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British Dictionary definitions for insensitive
/ (ɪnˈsɛnsɪtɪv) /
lacking sensitivity; unfeeling
lacking physical sensation
(postpositive foll by to) not sensitive (to) or affected (by): insensitive to radiation
Derived forms of insensitive
- insensitively, adverb
- insensitiveness or insensitivity, noun
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