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1. (adj.) insensitive
not emotionally sensitive or sympathetic; unfeeling; callous:
an insensitive nature; insensitive to the needs of the poor.
2. insensitive
not physically sensitive:
insensitive skin.
3. insensitive
not affected by physical or chemical agencies or influences:
insensitive to light.
Etymology: (1600–10)
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| Definition of 'insensitive' |
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1. (adj) insensitive
not responsive to physical stimuli
"insensitive to radiation"
2. (adj) insensitive
deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive
"insensitive to the needs of the patients"
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1. (adjective) insensitive
≠ sensitive
an insensitive comment/person; I felt she was insensitive to the way I felt.; "Deal with it yourself," he said insensitively.; her insensitivity to their problems
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1. (adj) insensitive
not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility
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Sense: not noticing or not sympathetic towards (eg others' feelings)
He was insensitive to her grief.
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 Afrikaans: onsensitief |
 Arabic: غَيْر حَسّاس |
 Bulgarian: нечувствителен |
 Brazilian: insensível |
 Czech: lhostejný |
 German: unempfindlich |
 Danish: ufølsom |
 Greek: αναίσθητος, ασυγκίνητος |
 Spanish: insensible |
 Estonian: tundetu |
 Farsi: بی عاطفه |
 Finnish: tunteeton |
 French: insensible (à) |
 Hebrew: לא רָגִיש |
 Hindi: असंवेदनशील |
 Croatian: neosjetljiv |
 Hungarian: közönyös |
 Indonesian: tak berperasaan |
 Icelandic: tilfinningasljór, ónæmur |
 Italian: insensibile |
 Japanese: 無神経な |
 Korean: 무감각한 |
 Lithuanian: nejautrus |
 Latvian: nejūtīgs |
 Malay: tiada perasaan |
 Dutch: ongevoelig |
 Norwegian: ufølsom |
 Polish: nieczuły |
 Persian: بی عاطفه |
 Pashto: بى علا قى |
 Portuguese: insensível |
 Romanian: insensibil/nepăsător (la) |
 Russian: равнодушный |
 Slovak: necitlivý, nevnímavý, ľah |
 Slovenian: neobčutljiv |
 Serbian: bezosećajan |
 Swedish: okänslig |
 Thai: ไม่เห็นใจ |
 Turkish: duygusuz, vurdum duymaz |
 Taiwanese: 不敏感的 |
 Ukrainian: нечутливий |
 Urdu: بے حس |
 Vietnamese: không để ý |
 Chinese: 不敏感的 |
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