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    insentient
    /ɪnˈsɛnʃ(ə)nt/

    adjective

    • 1. incapable of feeling or understanding things; inanimate: "it's arrogant to presume animals to be insentient"

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  2. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › insentientInsentient - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Being insentient means having no ability to feel or understand. There's no need to apologize to an insentient chair leg when you accidentally kick it. Insentient is the opposite of sentient, or "capable of feeling," which comes from the Latin sentire, "to feel."

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › insentientInsentient Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    : lacking perception, consciousness, or animation. insentience. (ˌ)in-ˈsen (t)-sh (ē-)ən (t)s. noun. Synonyms. inanimate. insensate. insensible. senseless. unfeeling. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of insentient in a Sentence.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishINSENTIENT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    adjective. rare. lacking consciousness or senses; inanimate. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. insentience (inˈsentience) or insentiency (inˈsentiency) noun. Word Frequency. insentient in American English. (ɪnˈsɛnʃənt ; ɪnˈsɛnʃiənt ) adjective. not sentient; without life, consciousness, or perception.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › insentientINSENTIENT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Insentient definition: not sentient; without sensation or feeling; inanimate.. See examples of INSENTIENT used in a sentence.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › insentientInsentient - definition of insentient by The Free Dictionary

    Define insentient. insentient synonyms, insentient pronunciation, insentient translation, English dictionary definition of insentient. adj. Devoid of sensation or consciousness; inanimate. in·sen′tience n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

  7. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › insentientINSENTIENT Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words - ...

    Synonyms for INSENTIENT: inanimate, unconscious, insensate, unfeeling, lifeless, senseless, insensible, comatose; Antonyms of INSENTIENT: feeling, sensitive, sentient, conscious, aware, sensible, sensate, cognizant.

  8. www.yourdictionary.com › insentientInsentient Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    adjective. Not sentient; without life, consciousness, or perception. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Insensitive, indifferent. Wiktionary. Synonyms: insensate. inanimate. dead. Antonyms: sentient. Find Similar Words. Find similar words to insentient using the buttons below. Words Starting With. Words Ending With. Unscrambles.

  9. premium-oxforddictionaries-com.libproxy.ucl.ac.uk › definition › englishinsentient - definition of insentient in English from the Oxford ...

    incapable of feeling or understanding things; inanimate: . Meaning, pronunciation and example sentences, English to English reference content.

  10. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › insentientinsentient - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Dec 19, 2023 · insentient (comparative more insentient, superlative most insentient) Having no consciousness or animation; not sentient. Insensitive, indifferent.

  11. www.wordreference.com › definition › insentientinsentient - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

    insentient - WordReference English dictionary, questions, discussion and forums. All Free.