Meaning of INSENSITIVE
| Pronunciation: | | in'sensitiv
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- [adj] not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation"
- [adj] deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients"
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| | Synonyms: | | callous, dead, dead(p), deadened, desensitised, desensitized, dull, indurate, insensible(p), numb(p), pachydermatous, soulless, thick-skinned, unaffected(p), unreactive, unresponsive |
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| | Antonyms: | | sensitive | | |
| | See Also: | | hard, insensible, insusceptible, tough, unsusceptible | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*sen"si*tive\, a.
Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute
sensibility. --Tillotson. Ruskin.
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| | Related Terms: | | aloof, anesthetic, anesthetized, asleep, benumbed, blanket, bloodless, boorish, caddish, callous, calloused, case-hardened, casual, coarse, cold, cold of heart, coldblooded, coldhearted, crude, dead, deadened, dull, flinthearted, flinty, general, hard, hard of heart, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, ill-bred, impassible, impassive, imperceptive, impercipient, impervious, imprudent, inconsiderate, incurious, indifferent, indiscreet, indiscriminate, indiscriminative, indurated, insensate, insensible, insentient, inured, loutish, louty, nasty, nonjudgmental, numb, numbed, obdurate, obtuse, offensive, pachydermatous, Philistine, promiscuous, proof against, rocky, senseless, steeled against, steely, stony, stonyhearted, tactless, thick-skinned, thick-witted, unconcerned, uncritical, uncriticizing, undemanding, undifferentiating, undiscreet, undiscriminating, undiscriminative, unexacting, unfastidious, unfeeling, unfelt, unfeminine, ungenteel, ungentle, ungentlemanly, unimpressible, unimpressionable, unladylike, unmerciful, unmeticulous, unnatural, unparticular, unperceptive, unrefined, unresponsive, unselective, unsolicitous, unsubtle, unsusceptible, untactful, vulgar, wholesale |
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