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Insensible

//ɪnˈsɛns.ɪ.bəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Unable to be perceived by the senses.

    "Two small and almost insensible pricks were found upon Cleopatra's arm."

  2. 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. 3
    Unable to be understood; unintelligible.
  4. 4
    Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.

    "If it make the indictment be insensible or uncertain, […]it shall be quashed."

  5. 5
    Incapable of mental feeling; indifferent.

    "Lost in their loves, insensible of shame."

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  1. 6
    Incapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic.
Adjective
  1. 1
    unresponsive to stimulation wordnet
  2. 2
    barely able to be perceived wordnet
  3. 3
    incapable of physical sensation wordnet
  4. 4
    unaware of or indifferent to wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English insensible, from Old French insensible, from Late Latin īnsēnsibilis.

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