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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.
The meaning of INSENSITIVE is lacking feeling or tact. How to use insensitive in a sentence.
insensitive. in English. insensitive. adjective. These are words and phrases related to insensitive. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of insensitive. He was always insensitive to the feelings of others. The fisherman's hands were insensitive to the cold.
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.
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.
If you describe someone as insensitive, you are criticizing them for being unaware of or unsympathetic to other people's feelings. [ disapproval ] I felt he was being insensitive about the enormity of what we had done.
not emotionally sensitive or sympathetic; unfeeling; callous: an insensitive nature; insensitive to the needs of the poor. 2. not physically sensitive: insensitive skin.
Synonyms for INSENSITIVE: ruthless, merciless, callous, abusive, hard, harsh, stony, hateful; Antonyms of INSENSITIVE: sensitive, sympathetic, warm, charitable, compassionate, humane, merciful, gentle.
• Doctors sometimes seem insensitive to their patients' feelings. insensitive to • She's totally insensitive to Jack's feelings. • The material is insensitive to light. • Some people are more insensitive to pain than others.
