adj.
1 not knowing or caring how sb else feels
VERBS
▪ appear , be , seem , sound
▪
It may sound ~, but I don't understand why he's so upset.
▪ become , grow
▪ make sb
▪ think sb
▪
I don't want to be thought ~, but I do think we should go ahead despite the accident.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ highly , incredibly , remarkably
▪ crassly ( BrE ), grossly ( esp. BrE )
▪ totally
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
▪ culturally , racially ( esp. AmE )
▪
The decision to serve pork was culturally ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ to
▪
Years of abuse had made him ~ to others' suffering.
2 not able to feel/be influenced by sth
VERBS
▪ be
▪ remain
▪ make sth/sb , render sth/sb
▪
The device renders the system ~ to vibration.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ completely , totally
▪ almost
▪ largely
▪ relatively
▪
Its physical properties are relatively ~ to pressure changes.
PREPOSITION
▪ to
▪
The machine is relatively ~ to changes in the atmosphere.
Insensitive is used with these nouns: ↑ handling , ↑ jerk