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   In·sen·si·ble

   /inˈsensəb(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. without one's mental faculties, typically a result of violence or intoxication; unconscious: "they knocked each other insensible with their fists" Similar unconsciousinsensatesenselessinsentientcomatoseknocked outpassed outblacked outinertstupefiedstunnednumbbenumbednumbedlacking feelinglacking sensationinformal:outout coldout for the countout of itzonked (out)dead to the worldspark outrare:soporosesoporousOpposite consciousresponsive
   • ▪ (especially of a body or bodily extremity) numb; without feeling: "the horny and insensible tip of the beak"
   • 2. unaware of or indifferent to: "they slept on, insensible to the headlight beams" Similar unaware ofignorant ofwithout knowledge ofunconscious ofunmindful ofmindless ofoblivious toindifferent toimpervious todeaf toblind tocareless ofunmoved byuntouched byunaffected byunresponsive toinformal:in the dark aboutrare:insensitive ofnegligent ofOpposite awareheedful
   • 3. too small or gradual to be perceived; inappreciable: "varying by insensible degrees" Similar imperceptibleunnoticeableundetectableindistinguishableindiscernibleunapparentinappreciableinvisibleinaudibleimpalpableunobtrusiveimpossible to detectslightsmallsubtlefaintfineinconsequentialnegligibletinyminuteminusculemicroscopicnanoscopicinfinitesimal

   Word Origin late Middle English (also in the senses ‘unable to be perceived’ and ‘incapable of physical sensation’): partly from Old French insensible (from Latin insensibilis, from in- ‘not’ + sensibilis, from sensus ‘sense’), partly from in-1 ‘not’ + sensible.

   Derivatives

   • 1. insensibly adverb

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