Definitions for insensitive

insensitive in·sen·si·tive

Spelling: [in-sen-si-tiv]
IPA: /ɪnˈsɛn sɪ tɪv/

Insensitive is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 240 anagrams from letters in insensitive (eeiiinnsstv).

Definitions for insensitive

adjective

  1. deficient in human sensibility, acuteness of feeling, or consideration; unfeeling; callous:
  2. not physically sensitive:
  3. not affected by physical or chemical agencies or influences:
  4. not readily responsive or aware:

Origin of insensitive

First recorded in 1600-10; in-3 + sensitive

Examples for insensitive

All insensitive tissues are made with a single sample of hard gelatine.

Calhoun drew a sample of blood from the insensitive area on Murgatroyd's flank.

We did not intend to cause any offense, but in retrospect we realize that it was insensitive.

Many of the agents were insensitive and crass, shouting insults and expletives at the detainees in Spanish.

When Sara took her case before a panel of faculty members, she said she found them combative and insensitive.

So this that quivered in his thick fingers, too insensitive to feel it, was a valentine for him!

He was too insensitive to be reached by words, no matter how she pelted them at him.

“Amendment 1” seems to protect bullying on social media and insensitive and hurtful speech as well.

They do fantastic work across the world, and I would hate for their reputation to be damaged by his insensitive jokes.

Should it not be considered a mark of defective cultivation to be insensitive to color?

Word Value for insensitive
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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