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(in sen′sāt′, -sit)

adjective

lacking sensation; not feeling, or not capable of feeling, sensation; inanimate
without sense or reason; foolish; stupid
lacking sensibility; without regard or feeling for others; cold; insensitive

Origin: LL(Ec) insensatus, irrational < L in-, in- + sensatus, gifted with sense < sensus, sense

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insensately adverb
insensateness noun

See insensate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

a. Lacking sensation or awareness; inanimate.
b. Unconscious.
Lacking sensibility; unfeeling: “a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal” (Peter S. Prescott).
a. Lacking sense or the power to reason.
b. Foolish; witless.

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Origin: Latin īnsēnsātus

Origin: : in-, not; see in-¹

Origin: + sēnsus, understanding, reason; see sense

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Related Forms:

in·senˈsateˌly adverb

in·senˈsateˌness noun

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