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insensate

adjective

in·​sen·​sate (ˌ)in-ˈsen-ˌsāt How to pronounce insensate (audio)
-sət
1
: lacking sense or understanding
also : foolish
2
: lacking animate awareness or sensation
3
: lacking humane feeling : brutal
insensately adverb

Example Sentences

the belief that God is immanent in all things, even insensate objects an insensate boss who refuses to allow time off for funerals
Recent Examples on the Web Jerome Powell and his Federal Reserve colleagues are hardly insensate to the risk that their inflation-fighting actions might bring Mr. Trump back to power. Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 14 June 2022 Realigning themselves with sophomoric virtues, the stars sell their souls in accommodation to the insensate new era. Armond White, National Review, 28 Oct. 2020

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin insensatus, from Latin in- + Late Latin sensatus having sense, from Latin sensus sense

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of insensate was in the 15th century

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