Definitions for insensitive
ɪnˈsɛn sɪ tɪvin·sen·si·tive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. insensitiveadjective

   not responsive to physical stimuli

   "insensitive to radiation"

2. insensitiveadjective

   deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive

   "insensitive to the needs of the patients"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. insensitiveadjective

   Not having normal physical feeling

2. insensitiveadjective

   Not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic

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1. Insensitive

   Insensitive is the second single released from Canadian singer-songwriter Jann Ardens 1994 album Living Under June. Written by Anne Loree and produced by Arden and Ed Cherney, the song became Arden's most successful single, reaching number one in Canada and Australia and number 12 in the United States.

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1. insensitive

   Insensitive refers to the lack of awareness, consideration or concern about other people's feelings, emotions or circumstances. It can also mean a lack of responsiveness or reaction to stimuli or changes. It generally implies a disregard or negligence about how one's actions or words might affect others. Additionally, in a technical context, it can refer to an entity or system's resistance to change or influence by various factors.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Insensitiveadjective

   not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility

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1. Insensitive

   "Insensitive" is the title of a track from the 1994 Jann Arden album Living Under June; an international hit single, "Insensitive" remains the career record for Arden. The song is unique in Arden's repertoire as the one song she's made the first recorded version of which she did not write, the composer of "Insensitive" being Anne Loree.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Insensitive

   in-sen′si-tiv, adj. not sensitive.

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1. insensitive

   not sensitive. A guy has just let me down from taking me on a date, he said he's not an insensative guy. Exactly what does he mean by insensitive.

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on March 28, 2020  

How to pronounce insensitive?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of insensitive in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of insensitive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of insensitive in a Sentence

1. Sean Spicer:

   I was obviously trying to make a point about the heinous acts that Assad had made against his own people last week, using chemical weapons and gas. Frankly, I mistakenly made an inappropriate and insensitive reference to the Holocaust, for which there is no comparison, and for that I apologize. It was a mistake to do that.

2. Brian Kemp:

   Rep. Spencer's words and behavior are hurtful, insensitive, and completely unacceptable. At the very least, he should issue a public apology for this shameful incident.

3. Penn Jillette:

   President Donald Trump would say racially insensitive things that made me uncomfortable, i don't think President Donald Trump ever said anything in that room like' African Americans are inferior' or anything about rape or grabbing women, but of those two hours every other day in a room with President Donald Trump, every ten minutes was fingernails on chalkboard.

4. Jay Inslee:

   I initiated a moratorium against the death penalty in Washington State in 2014, and our rationale for that decision was affirmed by our (state) Supreme Court decision in 2018, when they invalidated the death penalty statute, they made clear, and we know this to be true, that the penalty has been applied unequally and in a racially insensitive manner.

5. Lara Spencer:

   I screwed up, the comment I made about dance was stupid and insensitive and I am deeply sorry.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=insensitive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Insensitive
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insensitive
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insensitive
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=insensitive
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=insensitive