Insentient

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having no consciousness or feeling; inanimate.

    "[O]ver her flayed, exposed soul of a young girl who had gone open and warm to give herself to the children, there set a hard, insentient thing, that worked mechanically according to a system imposed."

  2. 2
    Insensitive, indifferent. rare

    "His thought is tied, the curving prow / Of motion moored to rock; / And minutes burst upon a brow / Insentient to shock."

Adjective
  1. 1
    devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
unfeelingabioticasleepazoicbenumbedcallous

Example

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"[O]ver her flayed, exposed soul of a young girl who had gone open and warm to give herself to the children, there set a hard, insentient thing, that worked mechanically according to a system imposed."

Etymology

From in- + sentient.

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