Insensitivity

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being insensitive uncountable, usually

    "To make matters worse, you did not publish the news note until 5 days before the conference — even though we had submitted it enough in advance to have been included in the previous weeks' paper. This showed a great insensitivity to the fact that lesbians with children are often not very mobile or flexible...We need that kind of advance notice in order to plan an all-day conference on a Saturday!"

  2. 2
    the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment wordnet

Etymology

From in- + sensitivity.

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