unsensitiveadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈsɛnsᵻtɪv/, U.S. /ˌənˈsɛnsədɪv/ (un- prefix1 1) Also, in recent use (1895–), unsensitiveness.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [adjective]
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
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > lacking emotional sensibility
unfeelingc1000
mis-feelinga1382
stonishc1450
unpainfulc1450
obtuse1509
sprightlessa1522
insensate1553
senseless1560
soulless1568
dull-esprited1591
impassible1592
bluntie1598
impenetrable1600
stockish1600
stolidc1600
incapable1601
stupid1605
tasteless1605
unsensitive1610
unexalted1611
insensible1617
unsensible1619
languid1622
immovable1639
dead-hearted1642
sterile1642
resupine1643
unaffectionate1645
iron-bound1648
resentlessa1649
torpid1656
torpulent1657
impassive1699
unreceptive1722
hebete1743
apathetic1744
stubbed1744
gustless1766
unresponsive1768
unsusceptible1779
tideless-blooded1786
unaffectioned1788
inaccessible1796
hebetudinous1820
unimpressible1828
insensitive1834
apathetical1835
non-sensitive1836
blunt-hearted1845
irreceptive1846
unreceptant1846
unimpressionable1847
anaesthetic1860
insentient1860
hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862
unsqueamish1893
tone-deaf1894
unget-at-able1897
facty1901
zombie1937
pegamoid1957
1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vii. xxiii. 283 One [soul], liuing in all bodies vnsensitiue, onely hauing life.
1816 Monthly Mag. 41 209 But figures never affect the feelings; numerical calculations go on in an unsensitive part of the mind.
1838 J. S. Mill Diss. & Disc. (1859) I. 323 In a world which, for any but the unsensitive, is not a place of contentment.
1881 P. Brooks Candle of Lord 273 Some knowledge which the life in its best health was too hard and unsensitive to take.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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