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- Dictionaryinsensitive/ɪnˈsɛnsɪtɪv/
adjective
- 1. showing or feeling no concern for others' feelings: "an insensitive remark" Similar Opposite
- 2. not sensitive to a physical sensation: "she was remarkably insensitive to pain"
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The meaning of INSENSITIVE is lacking feeling or tact. How to use insensitive in a sentence.
not aware of other people’s feelings, or not showing sympathy for the feelings of other people: The governor apologized for his insensitive remarks about the homeless. Insensitive can also mean not noticing the effects of something or unable to feel something: His feet seem to be insensitive to pain.
Insensitive definition: deficient in human sensibility, acuteness of feeling, or consideration; unfeeling; callous. See examples of INSENSITIVE used in a sentence.
When your foot is asleep, it's insensitive or numb — you can't feel your friend poking at it. When you get really cold, you can become insensitive to pain. In the other sense, insensitive means the opposite of caring and sympathetic — you're insensitive to other people's feelings.
insensitive (to something) not aware of changing situations, and therefore of the need to react to them. The government seems totally insensitive to the mood of the country. Many of the institutions were insensitive to the needs of their patients.
If you describe someone as insensitive, you mean that they are not aware of other people's feelings or problems.
insensitive meaning, definition, what is insensitive: not noticing, or not taking the care to ...: Learn more.
INSENSITIVE definition: 1. not noticing or not caring about other people's feelings: 2. not able to feel something, or not…. Learn more.
adj. 1. Not physically sensitive; numb. 2. a. Lacking in sensitivity to the feelings or circumstances of others; unfeeling. b. Indifferent or inattentive: insensitive to the needs of the customers. 3. Not readily responsive to external influence or stimulation: a commodity price that is insensitive to fluctuations in demand. in·sen′si·tive·ly adv.
Having or showing a lack of concern for the feelings of others; tactless. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Indifferent or inattentive. Insensitive to the needs of the customers. American Heritage. Not readily responsive to external influence or stimulation. A commodity price that is insensitive to fluctuations in demand. American Heritage.
