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insensitive

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in·sen·si·tive  (n-sns-tv)
adj.
1. Not physically sensitive; numb.
2.
a. Lacking in sensitivity to the feelings or circumstances of others; unfeeling.
b. Lacking in responsiveness: insensitive to the needs of the customers.

in·sensi·tive·ly adv.
in·sensi·tivi·ty, in·sensi·tive·ness n.

insensitive
Adjective
unaware of or ignoring other people's feelings
insensitivity n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.insensitive - not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation"
unresponsive - not responding to some influence or stimulus
insensible - incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth"
insusceptible, unsusceptible - not susceptible to
sensitive - responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light"
2.insensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients"
hard - dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer";
unresponsive - not responding to some influence or stimulus
insensible - incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth"
tough - not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character"
sensitive - being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and its needs"

insensitive
adjective unfeeling, indifferent, unconcerned, uncaring, tough, hardened, callous, crass, unresponsive, thick-skinned, obtuse, tactless, imperceptive, unsusceptible << OPPOSITE sensitive >> insensitive to unaffected by, immune to, impervious to, dead to, unmoved by, proof against
Translations
insensitive [ɪnˈsɛnsɪtɪv] adjinsensible

insensitive [ɪnˈsɛnsɪtɪv] adjinsensible

insensitive [ɪnˈsɛnsɪtɪv] adjgefühllos

insensitive [ɪnˈsɛnsɪtɪv] adjinsensibile

insensitive
adj insensitive [inˈsensətiv]
(withto)
1 not noticing or not sympathetic towards (eg others' feelings) He was insensitive to her grief. onsensitief غَيْر حَسّاس нечувствителен lhostejný ufølsom unempfindlich αναίσθητος, ασυγκίνητος insensible tundetu بی عاطفه tunteeton insensible (à) לא רָגִיש असंवेदनशील neosjetljiv közönyös tak berperasaan tilfinningasljór, ónæmur insensibile 無神経な 감수성이 둔한 nejautrus nejūtīgs tiada perasaan ongevoelig ufølsom nieczuły insensível insensibil/nepăsător (la) равнодушный necitlivý, nevnímavý, ľahostajný neobčutljiv bezosećajan okänslig ซึ่งหมดสติ duygusuz, vurdum duymaz 不敏感的 нечутливий بے حس không để ý
2 (withto) not feeling or not reacting to (touch, light etc) The dentist's injection numbed the nerves and made the tooth insensitive to the drill. gevoelloos فاقِد الشُّعور безчувствен necitlivý ufølsom gefühllos αναίσθητος insensible tuim بی حس tunnoton insensible (à) לא רָגִיש संवेदनाशून्य, अनुभूतिहीन, जड़बु्‍द्धि neosjetljiv érzéketlen mati rasa tilfinningalaus, dofinn insensibile 無感覚な 무감각한 nejautrus nejūtīgs tidak rasa gevoelloos følelsesløs niewrażliwy insensível insensibil (la) нечувствительный necitlivý neobčutljiv neosetljiv okänslig ซึ่งไม่มีความรู้สึก hissetmez, duyarsız 感覺遲鈍的 позбавлений чутливості سن vô cảm 钝的
n inˌsensiˈtivity
onsensitiwiteit فُقْدان الإحْساس безчувственост necitlivost ufølsomhed die Unempfindlichkeit αναισθησία insensibilidad tundetus عدم حساسیت tunteettomuus, tunnottomuus insensibilité חוֹסֶר רְגִישוּת असंवेदनशीलता neosjetljivost érzéketlenség ketidakpekaan tilfinningaleysi/-sljóleiki insensibilità 無感覚 무감각 nejautrumas nejūtīgums bersifat sensitif ongevoeligheid, gevoelloosheid ufølsomhet nieczułość insensibilidade lipsă de sensibilitate равнодушие;нечувствительность necitlivosť neobčutljivost bezosećajnost okänslighet ความไม่มีความรู้สึก duygusuzluk, duyarsızlık 遲鈍 нечутливість بے حسی tính vô cảm


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The boy was not insensitive, he knew; but he had the facility and self-confidence that came of looking at fate not as a master but as an equal.
It is something like the way dame Nature gathers round a foreign body an envelope of some insensitive tissue which can protect from evil that which it would otherwise harm by contact.
How indeed, could she conceive anything far outside her own experience, a woman with a commonplace face like hers, a little round red face, upon which trivial duties and trivial spites had drawn lines, whose weak blue eyes saw without intensity or individuality, whose features were blurred, insensitive, and callous?
 
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