INSENSITIVE


Meaning of INSENSITIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnsensɪtɪv ]

1.

If you describe someone as insensitive , you are criticizing them for being unaware of or unsympathetic to other people’s feelings.

I feel my husband is very insensitive about my problem.

≠ sensitive

ADJ [ disapproval ]

• in‧sen‧si‧tiv‧ity

I was ashamed at my insensitivity towards her.

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2.

Someone who is insensitive to a situation or to a need does not think or care about it.

Women’s and Latino organizations that say he is insensitive to civil rights.

ADJ : usu ADJ to n

• in‧sen‧si‧tiv‧ity

...insensitivity to the environmental consequences.

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3.

Someone who is insensitive to a physical sensation is unable to feel it.

He had become insensitive to cold.

ADJ : usu v-link ADJ to n

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