Adjective
- 1. insensitive (vs. sensitive), dead, deadened, unreactive, insensible, unresponsive, unsusceptible#1, insusceptible
- usage: not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation"
- 2. insensitive (vs. sensitive), callous, indurate, pachydermatous, dead(predicate), numb(predicate), dull, insensible(predicate), unaffected(predicate), soulless, thick-skinned, tough-skinned, hard, insensible, tough, unresponsive
- usage: deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients"
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