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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•sen•si•ble /ɪnˈsɛnsəbəl/USA pronunciation adj. [not: be + ~]- incapable of feeling; unconscious:rendered insensible before the operation.
- without a particular feeling or sensation:insensible to shame.
- unaware;
not appreciative:The family was not insensible of your kindness.
in•sen•si•bil•i•ty /ɪnˌsɛnsəˈbɪlɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] in•sen•si•bly, adv. See -sens-. In many cases, pairs of words with the same root and the prefix[in-]in one of them are opposite in meaning. However, the words sensible and insensible are not opposites for all the meanings of the root, -sens-. Thus, one of the meanings of sensible is "showing good sense or judgment; wise; not foolish.'' But insensible cannot be used for the opposite of that meaning. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•sen•si•ble (in sen′sə bəl),USA pronunciation adj. - incapable of feeling or perceiving;
deprived of sensation;
unconscious, as a person after a violent blow. - without or not subject to a particular feeling or sensation:insensible to shame; insensible to the cold.
- unaware;
unconscious;
inappreciative:We are not insensible of your kindness. - not perceptible by the senses;
imperceptible:insensible transitions. - unresponsive in feeling.
- not susceptible of emotion or passion;
void of any feeling. - not endowed with feeling or sensation, as matter;
inanimate.
- Latin insēnsibilis. See in-3, sensible
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 5, 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged apathetic, unfeeling, indifferent, cool; dull, passionless, emotionless, torpid.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: insensible /ɪnˈsɛnsəbəl/ adj - lacking sensation or consciousness
- followed by of or to: unaware (of) or indifferent (to): insensible to suffering
- thoughtless or callous
- a less common word for imperceptible
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