Insensible
/ɪnˈsɛns.ɪ.bəl/ adj
adj ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Unable to be perceived by the senses.
"Two small and almost insensible pricks were found upon Cleopatra's arm."
- 2 Incapable or deprived of physical sensation.
"“[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared.[…]”"
- 3 Unable to be understood; unintelligible.
- 4 Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.
"If it make the indictment be insensible or uncertain, […]it shall be quashed."
- 5 Incapable of mental feeling; indifferent.
"Lost in their loves, insensible of shame."
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- 6 Incapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic.
Adjective
- 1 unresponsive to stimulation wordnet
- 2 barely able to be perceived wordnet
- 3 incapable of physical sensation wordnet
- 4 unaware of or indifferent to wordnet
Example
More examples"You seem to be insensible of their good intentions."
Etymology
From Middle English insensible, from Old French insensible, from Late Latin īnsēnsibilis.