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Meaning of 'insensible' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Insensible [ a.]
- Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility.
- Not susceptible of emotion or passion; void of feeling; apathetic; unconcerned; indifferent; as, insensible to danger, fear, love, etc.; -- often used with of or to.
- Incapable of being perceived by the senses; imperceptible. Hence: Progressing by imperceptible degrees; slow; gradual; as, insensible motion.
- Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.

Meaning of 'insensible' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . insensible [ a]
Meaning (1):
- incapable of physical sensation
Example in sentence:
  • insensible earth;
  • insensible to pain
2 . insensible [ s]
Meaning (2):
- barely able to be perceived
Example in sentence:
  • an almost insensible change;
  • the transition was almost indiscernible
Meaning (3):
- unresponsive to stimulation
Example in sentence:
  • drugged and senseless;
  • he lay insensible where he had fallen
Meaning (4):
- unaware of or indifferent to
Example in sentence:
  • insensible to the suffering around him

Nearby Words:

insabbatati insafety insalivation insalubrious insalubrity insalutary insanability insanable insanableness insanably

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