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not aware of other people’s feelings, or not showing sympathy for the feelings of other people: The governor apologized for his insensitive remarks about the homeless. Insensitive can also mean not noticing the effects of something or unable to feel something: His feet seem to be insensitive to pain.
The meaning of INSENSITIVE is lacking feeling or tact. How to use insensitive in a sentence.
When your foot is asleep, it's insensitive or numb — you can't feel your friend poking at it. When you get really cold, you can become insensitive to pain. In the other sense, insensitive means the opposite of caring and sympathetic — you're insensitive to other people's feelings.
Insensitive definition: deficient in human sensibility, acuteness of feeling, or consideration; unfeeling; callous. See examples of INSENSITIVE used in a sentence.
Definition of insensitive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you describe someone as insensitive, you are criticizing them for being unaware of or unsympathetic to other people's feelings.
INSENSITIVE definition: 1. not noticing or not caring about other people's feelings: 2. not able to feel something, or not…. Learn more.
1. deficient in human sensibility, acuteness of feeling, or consideration; unfeeling; callous. an insensitive person. 2. not physically sensitive. insensitive skin. 3. not affected by physical or chemical agencies or influences. insensitive to light.
adj. 1. Not physically sensitive; numb. 2. a. Lacking in sensitivity to the feelings or circumstances of others; unfeeling. b. Indifferent or inattentive: insensitive to the needs of the customers. 3. Not readily responsive to external influence or stimulation: a commodity price that is insensitive to fluctuations in demand. in·sen′si·tive·ly adv.
insensitive meaning, definition, what is insensitive: not noticing, or not taking the care to ...: Learn more.
