insensate (redirected from insensateness)

in·sen·sate  (n-snst, -st)

adj.

1.

a. Lacking sensation or awareness; inanimate.

b. Unconscious.

2. Lacking sensibility; unfeeling: "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal" Peter S. Prescott.

3.

a. Lacking sense or the power to reason.

b. Foolish; witless.

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[Latin nsnstus : in-, not; see in-¹ + snsus, understanding, reason; see sense.]

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in·sensately adv.

in·sensateness n.

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insensate

Adjective

1. lacking sensation or consciousness

2. insensitive or unfeeling

3. foolish

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	insensate - devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation; "insentient (or insensate) stone" insentient
	2.	insensate - without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" cold-blooded, inhuman, cold inhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"