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insensible definition

in·sen·sible (in sensə bəl)

adjective

  1. lacking sensation; not having the power to perceive with the senses
  2. having lost sensation; unconscious
  3. not recognizing or realizing; unaware; indifferent
  4. not responsive emotionally; without feeling
  5. so small, slight, or gradual as to be virtually imperceptible
  6. not intelligible; without meaning: now chiefly in legal use
  7. Obsolete senseless; stupid

Etymology: OFr < L insensibilis: see in- & sensible

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