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sensitive

Sensitive describes someone or something that responds to external forces. (adjective)

An example of sensitive is a volume knob that turns up when barely touched.

Sensitive describes someone or something that is easily hurt, disturbed or offended. (adjective)

An example of sensitive is skin that breaks out in hives when touched by most lotions.

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See sensitive in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See sensitive in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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