— supersensitiveness , n. — supersensitivity , n.
/sooh'peuhr sen"si tiv/ , adj.
1. extremely or excessively sensitive; hypersensitive: a supersensitive smoke detector.
2. Elect. of or pertaining to relays that operate on very small currents, below about 250 microamperes.
3. hypersensitive (def. 2).
[ 1830-40; SUPER- + SENSITIVE ]