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Definition of insensitivity in English: insensitivitynounPlural insensitivities ɪnsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪti mass noun1Lack of concern for others' feelings. his comments demonstrate gross insensitivity Huck, despite his occasional insensitivity to Jim, is not a cruel boy count noun cultural insensitivities Example sentencesExamples - We were the victims, and others acted with outrageous insensitivity to us.
- He never ceased to surprise her with his insensitivity.
- The officers have shown insensitivity towards the prisoners, who all share a common faith.
- This player could not get away with such insensitivity, nor should his team.
- The racial offensiveness and insensitivity of his remarks and actions must be acknowledged, criticized, and vigorously resisted.
- Euro-American stereotypes about native people arise from prejudice and insensitivity.
- This larger emptiness went hand in hand with the insensitivities endured by the poor and working class residents who were removed from neighborhood after neighborhood.
- Their insensitivity is matched only by their overriding self-belief.
- A media firestorm ensued, with critics accusing the newspaper of sensationalism, poor journalistic judgment, and insensitivity to the victim's family.
- Our challenge is to be cautious not to take on a tone of self-righteousness and insensitivity to those whose policies we critique.
2Lack of response to a physical sensation, chemical, etc. signs of malnutrition include insensitivity to pain a major characteristic of type 2 diabetes is insulin insensitivity Example sentencesExamples - The degree of insensitivity to the two stereoisomers is different from that in wild type.
- Because we are monitoring germination rates rather than a static time point, we could get a kinetic measurement of insensitivity.
- This prompted us to test whether any of these proteins could rescue the mutant insensitivities to pheromone.
- Some of the alleles showed no significant difference in insensitivity to either isomer.
- This single amino acid substitution has already been shown to confer such insensitivity in the monarch butterfly.
- This relative insensitivity results from the balance of two countervailing factors.
- These strains provided essential controls demonstrating the reproducibility of the quantitative assay and its insensitivity to general growth defects.
- Remarkably, the insensitivity to antibiotics exhibited by these cells is nonheritable.
- We trace the evolution of this particular insensitivity in this group of beetles by analyzing a DNA sequence.
- If such insensitivity was an inevitable property of multienzyme systems, then dominance in metabolism did not require an evolutionary explanation.
- 2.1 Lack of awareness or ability to respond to something.
the growth of our insensitivity to things of beauty a complete insensitivity to the power of the written word Example sentencesExamples - In recent years, there has been no other court justice with a personal history so loaded with insensitivity to racial discrimination.
- The indifference and insensitivity to democratic principles start here.
- His arrogance of manner and insensitivity on matters of social concern made him an unpredictable colleague in an era of populist politics.
- Insensitivity to social cues may produce maladaptive interpersonal styles characterized by low levels of prosocial behavior and high levels of aggressive behavior.
- It indicates a critical insensitivity to the meaning of Hawthorne's text.
- This is just another example of our insensitivity to cultural diversity.
- Their defense ministry is accused of cultural and environmental insensitivity.
- Insensitivity to the past also helps explain the absence of judicial and prison reform.
- Its failure to delve properly into the past also explains its insensitivity to certain kinds of censorship and to the continued, heavy presence of secret police.
- One side accuses the other of insensitivity to cultural losses.
Definition of insensitivity in US English: insensitivitynounənˌsensəˈtivədē 1Lack of concern for others' feelings. his comments demonstrate gross insensitivity Huck, despite his occasional insensitivity to Jim, is not a cruel boy Example sentencesExamples - Their insensitivity is matched only by their overriding self-belief.
- He never ceased to surprise her with his insensitivity.
- We were the victims, and others acted with outrageous insensitivity to us.
- This larger emptiness went hand in hand with the insensitivities endured by the poor and working class residents who were removed from neighborhood after neighborhood.
- A media firestorm ensued, with critics accusing the newspaper of sensationalism, poor journalistic judgment, and insensitivity to the victim's family.
- The officers have shown insensitivity towards the prisoners, who all share a common faith.
- Euro-American stereotypes about native people arise from prejudice and insensitivity.
- Our challenge is to be cautious not to take on a tone of self-righteousness and insensitivity to those whose policies we critique.
- This player could not get away with such insensitivity, nor should his team.
- The racial offensiveness and insensitivity of his remarks and actions must be acknowledged, criticized, and vigorously resisted.
2Lack of response to a physical sensation, chemical, etc. signs of malnutrition include insensitivity topain a major characteristic of type 2 diabetes is insulin insensitivity Example sentencesExamples - The degree of insensitivity to the two stereoisomers is different from that in wild type.
- These strains provided essential controls demonstrating the reproducibility of the quantitative assay and its insensitivity to general growth defects.
- This relative insensitivity results from the balance of two countervailing factors.
- This prompted us to test whether any of these proteins could rescue the mutant insensitivities to pheromone.
- Remarkably, the insensitivity to antibiotics exhibited by these cells is nonheritable.
- We trace the evolution of this particular insensitivity in this group of beetles by analyzing a DNA sequence.
- Because we are monitoring germination rates rather than a static time point, we could get a kinetic measurement of insensitivity.
- Some of the alleles showed no significant difference in insensitivity to either isomer.
- If such insensitivity was an inevitable property of multienzyme systems, then dominance in metabolism did not require an evolutionary explanation.
- This single amino acid substitution has already been shown to confer such insensitivity in the monarch butterfly.
- 2.1 Lack of awareness or ability to respond to something.
the growth of our insensitivity to things of beauty a complete insensitivity to the power of the written word Example sentencesExamples - Their defense ministry is accused of cultural and environmental insensitivity.
- Insensitivity to the past also helps explain the absence of judicial and prison reform.
- In recent years, there has been no other court justice with a personal history so loaded with insensitivity to racial discrimination.
- His arrogance of manner and insensitivity on matters of social concern made him an unpredictable colleague in an era of populist politics.
- It indicates a critical insensitivity to the meaning of Hawthorne's text.
- This is just another example of our insensitivity to cultural diversity.
- The indifference and insensitivity to democratic principles start here.
- Insensitivity to social cues may produce maladaptive interpersonal styles characterized by low levels of prosocial behavior and high levels of aggressive behavior.
- One side accuses the other of insensitivity to cultural losses.
- Its failure to delve properly into the past also explains its insensitivity to certain kinds of censorship and to the continued, heavy presence of secret police.
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