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Definition of be insensitive in English English dictionary

insensitive
not having normal physical feeling

It is something like the way dame Nature gathers round a foreign body an envelope of some insensitive tissue which can protect from evil that which it would otherwise harm by contact.

insensitive
Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility
insensitive
not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation" deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients
insensitive
not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic
insensitive
deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients"
insensitive
Someone who is insensitive to a physical sensation is unable to feel it. He had become insensitive to cold
insensitive
not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation"
insensitive
Someone who is insensitive to a situation or to a need does not think or care about it. Women's and Latino organizations that say he is insensitive to civil rights. + insensitivity in·sen·si·tiv·ity insensitivity to the environmental consequences
insensitive
deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients
insensitive
disapproval If you describe someone as insensitive, you are criticizing them for being unaware of or unsympathetic to other people's feelings. I feel my husband is very insensitive about my problem. sensitive + insensitivity in·sen·si·tiv·ity I was ashamed at my insensitivity towards her
insensitive
{s} unfeeling, hard, cold, uncaring, indifferent, callous; not physically sensitive to certain sensations
be insensitive

    Hyphenation

    be in·sen·si·tive

    Turkish pronunciation

    bi însensıtîv

    Pronunciation

    /bē ənˈsensətəv/ /biː ɪnˈsɛnsətɪv/
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