insensible adj

1 incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth" [ant: sensible]

2 (followed by `to' or `by') unaware of or indifferent to; "insensible to the suffering around him" [syn: insensible(p), unaffected(p)]

3 barely able to be perceived; "the transition was almost indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change" [syn: indiscernible, undetectable]

4 unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless" [syn: senseless]

English

Etymology

From Latin insensibilis

Adjective

1. Unable to be perceived by the senses.
2. Incapable or deprived of physical sensation.
3. Unable to be understood; unintelligible.
4. Lacking sense or intelligence.
5. Incapable of mental feeling; indifferent.
   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Modern Library Edition (1995), page 138

     In spite of her deep-rooted dislike, she could not be insensible to the compliment of such a man's affection...

6. Incapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic.

Derived terms

• insensibility
• insensibly

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