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How to pronounce sensitive in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms raw, sore, tender
Derivation sensitivity
Type Words
Synonyms sensible
Derivation sensitiveness, sense
Type Words
Synonyms medium, spiritualist
Type of psychic
Type Words
Derivation sensitivity, sensitiveness, sense


sensitive to the local community and its needs.
Type Words
Type Words
Derivation sensitiveness, sensitivity, sense


a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch.
a sensitive voltmeter.
sensitive skin.
sensitive to light.

Examples of sensitive

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The government is known to censor reporting when an issue becomes too sensitive.
From the washingtontimes.com
He has the selfishness of the secretly sensitive, and he's something of a drunk.
From the chron.com
If any of the data is sensitive or valuable, it must be protected and backed up.
From the forbes.com
Digital mammography is a little bit more sensitive than film-screen mammography.
From the abcnews.go.com
The files also contain specific details on highly sensitive operational matters.
From the smh.com.au
A sensitive and intense baby, she demanded all of my attention, all of the time.
From the ocregister.com
Issues surrounding who is and is not a citizen of South Sudan will be sensitive.
From the theatlantic.com
It takes very sensitive tests to pick out and characterise the Ebola antibodies.
From the newscientist.com
The tentacles proved to be exquisitely sensitive to even the tiniest deflection.
From the newscientist.com
More examples
  • Responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light"
  • Medium: someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead; "he consulted several mediums"
  • Being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and its needs"
  • Sensible: able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin"
  • Hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"
  • Of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security
  • A psychic is a person who claims to use extrasensory perception (ESP) to identify information hidden from the normal senses. The word "psychic" is also used as an adjective to describe such abilities. Psychics may be theatrical performers, such as stage magicians, who use techniques such as prestidigitation, cold reading, and hot reading to produce the appearance of such abilities...
  • "Sensitive" is the second single by The Field Mice. It was released as a 7" vinyl record on Sarah Records in February 1989, and included a fold-out poster depicting a leaf.Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. ...
  • (Sensitivity (control systems)) The controller parameter are typically matched to the process characteristics and since the process may change it is important that the controller parameters are chosen in such a way that the closed loop system is not sensitive to variations in process dynamics. ...