| ADJECTIVE | all | insensate, insentient | devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation |
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| all | insensate, cold, cold-blooded, inhuman | without compunction or human feeling |
| Meaning | Devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation. | |
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| Example | "insentient (or insensate) stone" | |
| Synonym | insentient | |
| Attribute of | sentience | The readiness to perceive sensations |
| Narrower | unfeeling | Devoid of feeling or sensation |
| Opposite | sentient, animate | endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness |
| Spanish | insensible | |
| Catalan | insensible | |
| Adverbs | insensately | in an insensate manner |
| Meaning | Without compunction or human feeling. | |
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| Example | "insensate destruction" | |
| Synonyms | cold, cold-blooded, inhuman | |
| Broader | inhumane | lacking and reflecting lack of pity / pity or compassion / compassion |
| Spanish | desalmado, despiadado, frío, inhumano | |
| Catalan | despietat, fred, inhumà | |
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