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insensible
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in·sen·si·ble  (n-sns-bl)
adj.
1.
a. Imperceptible; inappreciable: an insensible change in temperature.
b. Very small or gradual: insensible movement.
2.
a. Having lost consciousness, especially temporarily; unconscious: lay insensible where he had fallen.
b. Not invested with sensation; inanimate: insensible clay.
c. Devoid of physical sensation or the power to react, as to pain or cold; numb.
3.
a. Unaware; unmindful: I am not insensible of your concern.
b. Not emotionally responsive; indifferent: insensible to criticism.
4. Lacking meaning; unintelligible.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin nsnsibilis, imperceivable : in-, not; see in-1 + snsibilis, perceptible; see sensible.]

in·sensi·bili·ty, in·sensi·ble·ness n.
in·sensi·bly adv.

insensible
Adjective
1. unconscious
2. without feeling
3. insensible of or to unaware of or indifferent to: insensible to suffering
4. imperceptible
insensibility n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.insensible - incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth"
incognizant, unaware - (often followed by `of') not aware; "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known"
unconscious - not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor"
insensitive - not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation"
insensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients"
sensible, sensitive - able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin"
2.insensible - unaware of or indifferent to; "insensible to the suffering around him"
insensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients"
3.insensibleinsensible - barely able to be perceived; "the transition was almost indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change"
imperceptible, unperceivable - impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses; "an imperceptible drop in temperature"; "an imperceptible nod"; "color is unperceivable to the touch"
4.insensible - unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless"
unconscious - not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor"
Translations
Spanish insensible [ɪnˈsɛnsɪbl] adjinconsciente (= unconscious); sin conocimiento
French insensible [ɪnˈsɛnsɪbl] adjinsensible (= unconscious); sans connaissance
German insensible [ɪnˈsɛnsɪbl] adjbewusstlos;
insensible to → unempfindlich gegen;
insensible of → nicht bewusst +gen

Italian insensible [ɪnˈsɛnsɪbl] adjinsensibile (= unconscious); privo/a di sensi

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