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US
/ˌɪnˈsɛnsəbəɫ/
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[ UK /ɪnsˈɛnsəbəl/ ]
[ UK /ɪnsˈɛnsəbəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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incapable of physical sensation
insensible earth
insensible to pain -
unresponsive to stimulation
drugged and senseless
he lay insensible where he had fallen -
barely able to be perceived
the transition was almost indiscernible
an almost insensible change -
unaware of or indifferent to
insensible to the suffering around him
How To Use insensible In A Sentence
- He scratched imprecisely with his right hand, though insensible of prurition, various points and surfaces of his partly exposed, wholly abluted skin. Ulysses
- She remained insensible of the dangers that lay ahead.
- She, perhaps, is dead now, for when he last called she was bedrid, and nearly insensible. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II.
- Finally, we know that Father Doria very likely will not be saved, because he is sadistic, "avaricious" 88, and completely insensible to Guilo's youth, innocence, gentleness, and beauty. The Boy Martyr; Or, Manfresti's Page. A Story of 1567
- He was taken to see the doctors but fell into a coma and was insensible for three months.
- Honorius could remain insensible of the public disgrace, he might perhaps be affected by the personal misfortunes of his generous kinsmen. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- He oftentimes is so absurd and insensible of kindnesses done him that he renders evil for good. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
- The sudden sensory deprivation is not going to render a grown man or even small child insensible and throw them into fits of panic.
- insensible to pain
- However, there are conditions that may increase so-called insensible losses through sites such as the skin.