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I don't feel typecast almost at all, and it could just be because I'm insensitive, but I doubt it. I think most of my roles I've gotten have very little to do with my ethnicity. I don't feel that's a limiting factor for my career.
Grace Park

Meaning of "insensitive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INSENSITIVE

insensitive  [ɪnˈsɛnsɪtɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INSENSITIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Insensitive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INSENSITIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Insensitive

Insensitive refers to a lack of sensitivity. It may also refer to: ▪ "Insensitive", a 1995 song by Canadian singer Jann Arden ▪ Insensitive, an episode of the TV series House...

Definition of insensitive in the English dictionary

The first definition of insensitive in the dictionary is lacking sensitivity; unfeeling. Other definition of insensitive is lacking physical sensation. Insensitive is also foll by to not sensitive or affected.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INSENSITIVE


capacitive
kəˈpæsɪtɪv
competitive
kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv
context-sensitive
ˌkɒntɛkstˈsɛnsɪtɪv
creative
kriːˈeɪtɪv
ditransitive
daɪˈtrænsɪtɪv
heat-sensitive
ˈhiːtˌsɛnsɪtɪv
hypersensitive
ˌhaɪpəˈsɛnsɪtɪv
intransitive
ɪnˈtrænsɪtɪv
native
ˈneɪtɪv
nonsensitive
ˌnɒnˈsɛnsɪtɪv
nontransitive
nɒnˈtrænsɪtɪv
oversensitive
ˌəʊvəˈsɛnsɪtɪv
photosensitive
ˌfəʊtəʊˈsɛnsɪtɪv
positive
ˈpɒzɪtɪv
radiosensitive
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈsɛnsɪtɪv
sensitive
ˈsɛnsɪtɪv
supersensitive
ˌsuːpəˈsensɪtɪv
transitive
ˈtrænsɪtɪv
ultrasensitive
ˌʌltrəˈsensɪtɪv
unsensitive
ʌnˈsensɪtɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INSENSITIVE

inseminate
insemination
inseminator
insensate
insensately
insensateness
insensibility
insensible
insensibleness
insensibly
insensitively
insensitiveness
insensitivity
insensuous
insentience
insentiency
insentient
inseparability
inseparable
inseparableness

WORDS THAT END LIKE INSENSITIVE

active
additive
anticompetitive
aperitive
case-sensitive
cognitive
definitive
false positive
fugitive
HIV-positive
inquisitive
intuitive
nutritive
price-sensitive
primitive
prohibitive
punitive
repetitive
seropositive
time-sensitive
touch-sensitive

Synonyms and antonyms of insensitive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INSENSITIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «insensitive» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of insensitive

Translation of «insensitive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INSENSITIVE

Find out the translation of insensitive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of insensitive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «insensitive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

感觉迟钝的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

insensible
570 millions of speakers

English

insensitive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

असंवेदनशील
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غَيْرٌ حَسَّاسٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бесчувственный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

insensível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অবশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

insensible
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak sensitif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unempfindlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

鈍感な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

둔감한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Insensitive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vô tâm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உணர்ச்சியற்றதாகவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असंवेदनशील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

duyarsız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

insensibile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieczuły
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нечутливий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

insensibil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναίσθητος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onsensitiewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

okänslig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ufølsom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of insensitive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INSENSITIVE»

The term «insensitive» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.327 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INSENSITIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about insensitive

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10 QUOTES WITH «INSENSITIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word insensitive.
1
Marc Bolan
All rock musicians are deaf... Or insensitive to mellow sounds.
2
Jackson Browne
I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.
3
Andre Dubus III
Most of the time I feel stupid, insensitive, mediocre, talentless and vulnerable - like I'm about to cry any second - and wrong. I've found that when that happens, it usually means I'm writing pretty well, pretty deeply, pretty rawly.
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Gilles Duceppe
Why is this government so insensitive to the concerns of the middle-class people?
5
Gilbert Gottfried
There are certain things I don't want to joke about. If it's about somebody else, it's fine. If it's about me, I think it's totally insensitive!
6
Jennifer Love Hewitt
You have to be very insensitive in order to have a cat, because I think they're very independent. When they're kittens, you think they're going to have a dog temperament in that they're going to run to the door when you get home, lick you on the face and cuddle with you all the time, but cats are not that way.
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Sarah Palin
People have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation - much like building a mosque at Ground Zero.
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Grace Park
I don't feel typecast almost at all, and it could just be because I'm insensitive, but I doubt it. I think most of my roles I've gotten have very little to do with my ethnicity. I don't feel that's a limiting factor for my career.
9
Pope Paul VI
All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.
10
Rand Paul
Because Republicans believe that the federal government is limited in its function-some have concluded that Republicans are somehow inherently insensitive to minority rights. Nothing could be further from the truth.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INSENSITIVE»

Discover the use of insensitive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to insensitive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Insensitive Semantics: A Defense of Semantic Minimalism and ...
Insensitive Semantics is an overview of and contribution to the debates about how to accommodate context sensitivity within a theory of human communication, investigating the effects of context on communicative interaction and, as a ...
Herman Cappelen, Ernest Lepore, 2008
2
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
An enthralling and wise new collection from the author of "Century's Son." Set mainly in small, gritty American cities, each of these stories is a world unto itself.
Robert Boswell, 2011
3
How Insensitive
Adrift in Toronto’s gossipy, grant-driven cultural scene, a coterie of overeducated, underemployed young people stab at vaguely artistic projects and scramble after the opportunities that seem tantalizingly within reach — if you know ...
Russell Smith, 2002
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Don't Give Me That Attitude!: 24 Rude, Selfish, Insensitive ...
If you have a child who is arrogant, bad-mannered, bad-tempered, a cheat, cruel, demanding, domineering, fresh, greedy, impatient, insensitive, irresponsible, jealous, judgmental, lazy, manipulative, narrow-minded, noncompliant, pessimistic ...
Michele Borba, 2004
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Performance of short length turbojet combustor insensitive ...
Performance of short length turbojet combustor insensitive to radial distortion of inlet airflow.
Francis M. Humenik, Lewis Research Center, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1970
6
An Ultra-low Power Methodology for Incorporating MTCMOS Into ...
Conclusion This thesis investigates the ability to incorporate MTCMOS into delay insensitive asynchronous circuits such as NCL to combat the drawbacks of MTCMOS in synchronous circuits for ultra-low power operation. The primary benefits ...
Andrew Bailey, 2009
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Clinical Imaging: With Skeletal, Chest and Abdomen Pattern ...
Extremities (knee, shoulder, wrist, and ankle) Avascular necrosis Procedure of choice Insensitive Insensitive in early disease Cruciate ligament tears Procedure of choice Insensitive Insensitive Meniscal tears Procedure of choice Insensitive ...
Dennis Marchiori, 2004
8
Delay-insensitive Asynchronous Microcontroller Design for ...
This thesis includes the concept of NCL and discusses the architecture of the microcontroller core with its design, simulation, and layout.
Jayamadhuri Penumarthi, 2006
9
Nu Seesaw Uses: UV Insensitive Supersymmetry Breaking ...
Nicholas Setzer. of the SU(2)L × U(1)Y gauge couplings, resulting in the couplings running faster (for the hypercharge coupling, the effect is quite large). Despite this faster running, the squark masses still turn negative at a high scale, Mq0 ...
Nicholas Setzer, 2008
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Is it insensitive to share your faith?: hard questions about ...
The book honestly explores whether Christians can talk about and live their faith without veering into a salesman mode or without condemning persons who believe otherwise, and why this is such a tension-filled matter.
James R. Krabill, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INSENSITIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term insensitive is used in the context of the following news items.
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Insensitive notes anger autistic child's mom | News - Home
Insensitive notes anger autistic child's mom. Salt Lake City mother appalled at messages. Published On: Jul 17 2015 02:35:48 AM CDT. Small Text; Medium Text ... «KPRC Houston, Jul 15»
2
MPs brand their own pay rise as "ridiculous" and "insensitive
North and north-east MPs have criticised the “ridiculous” and “insensitive” decision to increase MPs' pay by 10% – despite other public sector ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jul 15»
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Modi Is 'insensitive' Towards Telangana | Narendra Modi - Gulte
Modi Is 'insensitive' Towards Telangana. Within just two days of TRS Chief and Telangana CM KCR's boycott of Prime Minister Narendra ... «Gulte, Jul 15»
4
Rape victim says George Hook comments on issue 'insensitive'
On his show, George Hook said it was never his intention to be insensitive and said he did not say “a man has implied consent from the woman ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
5
Second Lady's comments 'insensitive' and 'unacceptable' – NPP …
“This is the most insensitive statement from a Second Lady and it is unacceptable, and on behalf of the good people of Ghana, the NPP would ... «Citifmonline, Jul 15»
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Russell Brand apologises for 'insensitive and anti-Semitic' Nazi …
Russell Brand has apologised for an 'insensitive and anti-Semitic' comment, in which he called an audience member a 'young Nazi' – only to ... «Jewish News, Jul 15»
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Tom Petty Finally Apologizes For What Many Saw as an Insensitive
That's what Tom Petty said in a recent article with Rolling Stone, in which the singer explained his past usage of the flag as a “marketing ploy” ... «IJ Review, Jul 15»
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'Insensitive' BJP exposing guilt of MP Govt. : Congress
New Delhi, July 13 (ANI): Congress leader Shobha Ojha on Monday alleged that an 'insensitive' Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is giving ... «CanIndia News, Jul 15»
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Tour operator criticised for insensitive tour to Australian forest where …
SYDNEY (AFP) - An "extreme terror tour" of the Australian forest where a notorious killer buried seven backpackers in the 1990s was on ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
10
Raje government is insensitive: Pilot
State Congress chief Sachin Pilot on Sunday accused Raje government in Rajasthan of being insensitive towards Dalits and women as the ... «The Statesman, Jul 15»

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