supersensitive

[ soo-per-sen-si-tiv ]

/ ˌsu pərˈsɛn sɪ tɪv /

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adjective

extremely or excessively sensitive; hypersensitive: a supersensitive smoke detector.

Electricity. of or relating to relays that operate on very small currents, below about 250 microamperes.

hypersensitive (def. 2).

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Origin of supersensitive

First recorded in 1830–40; super- + sensitive

OTHER WORDS FROM supersensitive

su·per·sen·si·tive·ness, nounsu·per·sen·si·tiv·i·ty, noun

Words nearby supersensitive

supersedeas, superseded, supersedure, superseniority, supersensible, supersensitive, supersensitize, supersensory, supersensual, superserviceable, supersession

How to use supersensitive in a sentence

Each one takes advantage of the mouth’s supersensitive touch sensors.
Father-son bond inspires sweets that model the shapes of molecules|Carmen Drahl|June 30, 2021|Science News For Students
In an effort to help make science more inclusive, Shaw and his colleagues have come up with bite-sized molecule models that take advantage of the mouth’s supersensitive touch sensors, which can perceive finer details than our fingertips can.
A sweet father-son bond inspires tasty new molecule models|Carmen Drahl|May 28, 2021|Science News
I greatly fear that she is of too supersensitive a nature to go through the world without trouble.
Dracula|Bram Stoker
To his supersensitive watchfulness, McWha was singing that song “jest a purpose to be ugly to the kid.”
The Backwoodsmen|Charles G. D. Roberts

She bowed, coldly, so it seemed to my supersensitive imagination, and I replaced the hat and continued my walk.
The Rise of Roscoe Paine|Joseph C. Lincoln
Lameness is intense and the parts are swollen and supersensitive.
Lameness of the Horse|John Victor Lacroix
To a highly strung and supersensitive nature like the writer's the strain must have been terrible.
Oscar Wilde|Leonard Cresswell Ingleby