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Insensible

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Adjective

1. insensible

incapable of physical sensation

Example Sentences:
'insensible to pain'
'insensible earth'

2. insensible, unaffected

unaware of or indifferent to

Example Sentences:
'insensible to the suffering around him'

3. indiscernible, insensible, undetectable

barely able to be perceived

Example Sentences:
'the transition was almost indiscernible'
'an almost insensible change'

4. insensible, senseless

unresponsive to stimulation

Example Sentences:
'he lay insensible where he had fallen'
'drugged and senseless'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Insensible

see synonyms of insensible
adjective
1. 
lacking sensation or consciousness
2. (foll by of or to)
unaware (of) or indifferent (to)
insensible to suffering
3. 
thoughtless or callous
4.  a less common word for imperceptible

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Insensible

see synonyms of insensible
adjective
1. 
lacking sensation; not having the power to perceive with the senses
2. 
having lost sensation; unconscious
3. 
not recognizing or realizing; unaware; indifferent
4. 
not responsive emotionally; without feeling
5. 
so small, slight, or gradual as to be virtually imperceptible
6. 
not intelligible; without meaning
now chiefly in legal use
7.  Obsolete
senseless; stupid

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Insensible

see synonyms of insensible
adj.
1.
a. Imperceptible; inappreciable: an insensible change in temperature.
b. Very small or gradual: insensible movement.
2.
a. Having lost consciousness, especially temporarily; unconscious: lay insensible where he had fallen.
b. Not invested with sensation; inanimate: insensible clay.
c. Devoid of physical sensation or the power to react, as to pain or cold; numb.
3.
a. Unaware; unmindful: I am not insensible of your concern.
b. Not emotionally responsive; indifferent: insensible to criticism.
4. Lacking meaning; unintelligible.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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