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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.

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

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

in·sensi·bly adv.

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insensible

Adjective

1. unconscious

2. without feeling

3. insensible of or to unaware of or indifferent to: insensible to suffering

4. imperceptible

insensibility n

Thesaurus

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" unaffected insensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients"
	3.	insensible - barely able to be perceived; "the transition was almost indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change" indiscernible, undetectable 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" senseless unconscious - not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor"

Translations

insensible [ɪnˈsɛnsɪbl] adj → inconsciente (= unconscious); sin conocimiento

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insensible [ɪnˈsɛnsɪbl] adj → insensible (= unconscious); sans connaissance

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insensible [ɪnˈsɛnsɪbl] adj → bewusstlos;

insensible to → unempfindlich gegen;

insensible of → nicht bewusst +gen

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insensible [ɪnˈsɛnsɪbl] adj → insensibile (= unconscious); privo/a di sensi