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Insensitive \In*sen"si*tive\, a. Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility. --Tillotson. --Ruskin. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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insensitive adj
1: not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation" [ant: sensitive]
2: deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients" [ant: sensitive]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Insensitive \In*sen"si*tive\, a. Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility. --Tillotson. Ruskin.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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