HyperDic: insensitive

English > 2 senses of the word *insensitive*:
ADJECTIVE	all	insensitive	not responsive to physical stimuli
ADJECTIVE	all	insensitive	deficient in human sensibility

insensitive > pronunciation
Sounds	ihnseh'nsahtihv; ihnseh'nsihtihv
Rhymes	abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv...

English > *insensitive*: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	not responsive to physical stimuli.
Example	"insensitive to radiation"
Attribute of	sensitivity, sensitiveness	The ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
Narrower	dead, deadened	Devoid of physical sensation
Narrower	unreactive	not tending to react to stimulation / stimulation
See also	insensible	Incapable of physical sensation
	unresponsive	not responding to some influence or stimulus
	unsusceptible, insusceptible	not susceptible to
Opposite	sensitive	Responsive to physical stimuli
Spanish	insensible
Catalan	insensible

English > *insensitive*: 2 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	Deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive.
Example	"insensitive to the needs of the patients"
Attribute of	sensitivity, sensitiveness	sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
Narrower	callous, indurate, pachydermatous	emotionally hardened
	dead, numb	(followed by 'to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity
	dull	blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
	insensible, unaffected	unaware of or indifferent to
	soulless	lacking sensitivity or the capacity for deep feeling
	thick-skinned, tough-skinned	Insensitive to criticism
See also	hard	dispassionate
	insensible	Incapable of physical sensation
	tough	not given to gentleness or sentimentality
	unresponsive	not responding to some influence or stimulus
Opposite	sensitive	Susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others
Spanish	insensible
Catalan	insensible
Nouns	insensitivity, insensitiveness	the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
Adverbs	insensitively	in an insensitive manner

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