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Type Words
Derivation insensitiveness, insensitivity


insensitive to the needs of the patients.
Type Words


insensitive to radiation.

Examples of insensitive

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Was what I did really insensitive, and what can I do to hopefully redeem myself?
From the dailyherald.com
Let him hear from others that the idea is narcissistic, insensitive and foolish.
From the stltoday.com
Our pastors have had to fill in for no black leadership, insensitive presidents.
From the suntimes.com
Some parents have expressed outrage, calling Gwen's story insensitive and crass.
From the time.com
These remarks may rival some of the most insensitive and despicable ever spewed.
From the sfgate.com
Taken out of context, the remark seems insensitive at best, and brutal at worst.
From the economist.com
It saddens me that what we have become is so incredibly selfish and insensitive.
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
Alcohol made me sharp-tongued, indiscreet, insensitive, belligerent, and sleepy.
From the happiness-project.com
This is a grossly cynical, insensitive and downright vulgar observation to make.
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More examples
  • Not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation"
  • Deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients"
  • (insensitively) in an insensitive manner; "the police officer questioned the woman rather insensitively about the attack"
  • (insensitivity) the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
  • Houses third season ran from September 5, 2006 to May 29, 2007. Early in the season, House temporarily regains the use of his leg, due to Ketamine treatment, after he was shot in the season two finale. ...
  • "Insensitive" is a song recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Jann Arden, released as a single from her 1994 second album Living Under June. Unlike most of her material, Arden did not compose it herself. It was instead composed by her friend, Canadian songwriter Anne Loree.
  • Not having normal physical feeling; not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic
  • (Insensitivity) an old term for resistance. Now used to refer to cases where a fungus is not inherently controlled by a fungicide, e.g DMI fungicides do not control Phytophthora infestans.
  • (Insensitivity) to pain means that the painful stimulus is not even perceived: a patient cannot describe the intensity or type of pain.