INSENSITIVE

insensitive

(adjective) not responsive to physical stimuli; “insensitive to radiation”

insensitive

(adjective) deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; “insensitive to the needs of the patients”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

insensitive (comparative more insensitive, superlative most insensitive)

Not expressing normal physical feeling

Not expressing normal emotional feelings; cold; tactless; undiplomatic

Synonyms

• unaffected

• unsensitive

Antonyms

• sensitive

Source: Wiktionary


In*sen"si*tive, a.

Definition: Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility. Tillotson. Ruskin.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

31 January 2025

DISPERSION

(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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