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   insensitive

   /ɪnˈsɛnsɪtɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. showing or feeling no concern for others' feelings: "an insensitive remark" Similar heartlessunfeelinginconsideratethoughtlessthick-skinnedhard-heartedstony-heartedcold-heartedcold-bloodedwith a heart of stoneas hard as nailslacking compassioncompassionlessuncaringunconcernedunsympatheticunkindcalloushardharshcruelmercilesspitilessunpityinguncharitableinhumanimpervious tooblivious tounaware ofunappreciative ofunresponsive toindifferent tounaffected byunmoved byuntouched byimmune toinformal:in the dark aboutrare:incognizant ofnescient ofOpposite sensitivecompassionate
   • 2. not sensitive to a physical sensation: "she was remarkably insensitive to pain"
   • ▪ not aware of or able to respond to something: "both were in many ways insensitive to painting"

   Derivatives

   • 1. insensitively adverb
   • 2. insensitiveness noun

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