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insentient

[in-sen-shee-uh nt, -shuh nt]
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adjective
  1. not sentient; without sensation or feeling; inanimate.

Origin of insentient

First recorded in 1755–65; in-3 + sentient
Related formsin·sen·ti·ence, in·sen·ti·en·cy, noun
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Related Words for insentient

insensate, cold, dead, defunct, dull, extinct, idle, inactive, inert, inoperative, lifeless, motionless, quiescent, soulless, spiritless, azoic, exanimate, mineral

Examples from the Web for insentient

Historical Examples of insentient

  • But there can be nothing like to this sensation in the rose, because it is insentient.

  • Yvonne unresisting, insentient, went whither she was bidden to go.

    Lord Tony's Wife

    Baroness Emmuska Orczy

  • He knelt, compassion gentling his heart, and put one hand to the insentient face.

    The Black Bag

    Louis Joseph Vance

  • On his feet, straddling Mulready's insentient body, he confronted Calendar and Stryker.

    The Black Bag

    Louis Joseph Vance

  • A moment ago she had been an insentient atom sunk deep in impenetrable night; now she was herself—and it was broad daylight.

    The Bandbox

    Louis Joseph Vance

British Dictionary definitions for insentient

insentient

adjective
  1. rare lacking consciousness or senses; inanimate
Derived Formsinsentience or insentiency, noun
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