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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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Insensitive definition: deficient in human sensibility, acuteness of feeling, or consideration; unfeeling; callous. See examples of INSENSITIVE used in a sentence.
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.
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 definition: 1. not noticing or not caring about other people's feelings: 2. not able to feel something, or not…. Learn more.
