insensitive
deficient in human sensibility, acuteness of feeling, or consideration; unfeeling; callous: an insensitive person.
not physically sensitive: insensitive skin.
not affected by physical or chemical agencies or influences: insensitive to light.
not readily responsive or aware: insensitive to the needs of the peasants.
Origin of insensitive
1Other words from insensitive
- in·sen·si·tive·ness, in·sen·si·tiv·i·ty, noun
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How to use insensitive in a sentence
Many marketers have paused campaigns or adjusted their paid advertising strategies to ensure they’re not striking potential customers at the wrong time with insensitive messaging.
Google pauses all political ads through inauguration | Carolyn Lyden | January 13, 2021 | Search Engine LandShe didn't say anything about it in the moment, but then later sent me an email detailing health problems she's had related to insomnia and telling me she thought I was insensitive.
Carolyn Hax: A parent pooh-poohs a non-parent’s sleep-deprivation | Carolyn Hax | January 12, 2021 | Washington PostWhile the fear of an insensitive or poorly placed ad going viral isn’t a realistic possibility for most brands, the question of whether audiences are in the right mindset to be marketed to is one that every advertiser should ask.
Halting campaigns shouldn’t be your only brand safety precaution | George Nguyen | January 8, 2021 | Search Engine LandIt’s usually a centralized process that’s insensitive to minute changes in the environment.
Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Environmentalism - Issue 90: Something Green | Anastasia Bendebury & Michael Shilo DeLay | October 7, 2020 | NautilusAt worst, these flawed standards will lead to more AI systems and tools that perpetuate existing biases and are insensitive to local cultures.
AI ethics groups are repeating one of society’s classic mistakes | Amy Nordrum | September 14, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
Many of the agents were insensitive and crass, shouting insults and expletives at the detainees in Spanish.
This Church Is Reviving the Sanctuary Movement to Shelter Undocumented Immigrants From Deportation | Caitlin Dickson | June 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe did not intend to cause any offense, but in retrospect we realize that it was insensitive.
“Amendment 1” seems to protect bullying on social media and insensitive and hurtful speech as well.
P.J. O’Rourke: Who Really Actually Wants This Bill of Rights? | P. J. O’Rourke | April 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen Sara took her case before a panel of faculty members, she said she found them combative and insensitive.
Columbia Announces Changes To School Sex Assault Policy | Abigail Golden | January 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe series features an actress navigating the racially insensitive landscape of mainstream Hollywood.
YouTube, Netflix, and the Death of Television | Rich Goldstein | November 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThough Nigel was enthusiastic and determined, he was not insensitive to what was passing in the mind of one he admired and liked.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensThe mucous membranes become dry and insensitive, especially those of the fauces.
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy | Alexander Hughes BennettThe Kinghampstead division remained for some time insensitive to my defection.
The New Machiavelli | Herbert George WellsIts pivot had been destroyed in transit and Correll had replaced it by a gramophone needle, which was found too insensitive.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonSometimes he becomes wholly insensitive in some part of his body via a nerve bloc.
The Sensitive Man | Poul William Anderson
British Dictionary definitions for insensitive
/ (ɪnˈsɛnsɪtɪv) /
lacking sensitivity; unfeeling
lacking physical sensation
(postpositive foll by to) not sensitive (to) or affected (by): insensitive to radiation
Derived forms of insensitive
- insensitively, adverb
- insensitiveness or insensitivity, noun
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