insensitive
adjEtymology
From in- + sensitive.
- derived from sensitivus
- derived from sensitif
Definitions
Expressing or feeling little or no concern, care, compassion, or consideration for the…
Expressing or feeling little or no concern, care, compassion, or consideration for the feelings, emotions, sentiments, or concerns of other people; inconsiderate or incompassionate.
Not expressing normal physical feeling.
- It is something like the way dame Nature gathers round a foreign body an envelope of some insensitive tissue which can protect from evil that which it would otherwise harm by contact.
Not expressing normal emotional feelings
Not expressing normal emotional feelings; cold; tactless; undiplomatic.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at insensitive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at insensitive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at insensitive
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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