insensitiveness

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in·sen·si·tive

(ĭn-sĕn′sĭ-tĭv)

adj.

1. Not physically sensitive; numb.

a. Lacking in sensitivity to the feelings or circumstances of others; unfeeling.

b. Indifferent or inattentive: insensitive to the needs of the customers.

3. Not readily responsive to external influence or stimulation: a commodity price that is insensitive to fluctuations in demand.

in·sen′si·tive·ly adv.

in·sen′si·tiv′i·ty, in·sen′si·tive·ness n.

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Noun

insensitiveness - the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

insensitivity

crassitude, crassness - the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement

tin ear - insensitivity to the appropriateness or subtlety of language; "he has a tin ear for dialogue"

callousness, unfeelingness, callosity, insensibility, hardness - devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness

unperceptiveness - the lack of insight and sympathetic understanding

unkindness - lack of sympathy

inability, unfitness - lacking the power to perform

sensitiveness, sensitivity - the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

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insensibilidade

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Tantalised, enraged by the clumsy insensitiveness of the conductor, who put the stress on the wrong places, and annoyed by the vast flock of the audience tamely praising and acquiescing without knowing or caring, so she was not tantalized and enraged, only here, with eyes half-shut and lips pursed together, the atmosphere of forced solemnity increased her anger.

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These include among others: selfishness on the part of the leaders, insensitiveness of the leaders to the plights of the led, denial of one's rights, land dispute, cheating, ethnicity, misuse of power and position, and the likes, all of which amount to oppression.

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The subject condemns the audience for their insensitiveness, but it is the matadors and the picador, engaged in an uneven struggle for survival, who are deprecated (10).

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The right activists and members of civil society have strongly reacting over the insensitiveness towards the plight of the workers.