sensationlessadj.
/s(ɛ)nˈseɪʃənləs/, U.S. /sɛnˈseɪʃənləs/, /sənˈseɪʃənləs/ Lacking or without sensation.
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unfeelingc1000
dead?c1225
unwitlessc1225
insensiblec1400
unfeelablec1400
unfredeablec1450
insensate?1520
blatea1522
deaf?1527
unsensible1531
inanimatea1555
senseless1557
unsensate1561
sleeping1562
insensitive1610
unsensitive1610
torpid1613
inanimated1646
torpent1647
unperceptive1668
feelless1684
insentient1764
unsentient1768
sensationless1824
apathic1835
non-sensitive1836
zombie-like1932
zombie-esque1946
zomboid1963
zombied1972
1824 Republican 3 Sept. 269 You suppose him to pervade all space alike. If so, then your God is mere senseless, sensationless, matter and motion.
1874 J. Tyndall Addr. Brit. Assoc. 32 Imagine them [sc. atoms] separate and sensationless.
1937 Sci. News Let. 13 Feb. 106/3 The almost sensationless and imageless state of quietness sought by the Hindu.
1995 P. Anderson Harvest the Fire 17 The fluid rose around him, took on his mean density and skin temperature, became a sensationless womb where he floated blind and deaf.
2011 Iowa Rev. 41 40 I'm numb in my legs.., my thighs are sensationless.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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