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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. incapable of physical sensation;
- Example: "insensible to pain"
- Example: "insensible earth"

2. unaware of or indifferent to;
- Example: "insensible to the suffering around him"
[syn: insensible(p), unaffected(p)]

3. barely able to be perceived;
- Example: "the transition was almost indiscernible"
- Example: "an almost insensible change"
[syn: indiscernible, insensible, undetectable]

4. unresponsive to stimulation;
- Example: "he lay insensible where he had fallen"
- Example: "drugged and senseless"
[syn: insensible, senseless]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Insensible \In*sen"si*ble\, a. [L. insensibilis: cf. F.
   insensible. See In- not, and Sensible.]
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   1. Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting
      bodily sensibility; unconscious. --Milton.
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   2. Not susceptible of emotion or passion; void of feeling;
      apathetic; unconcerned; indifferent; as, insensible to
      danger, fear, love, etc.; -- often used with of or to.
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            Accept an obligation without being a slave to the
            giver, or insensible to his kindness. --Sir H.
                                                  Wotton.
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            Lost in their loves, insensible of shame. --Dryden.
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   3. Incapable of being perceived by the senses; imperceptible.
      Hence: Progressing by imperceptible degrees; slow;
      gradual; as, insensible motion.
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            Two small and almost insensible pricks were found
            upon Cleopatra's arm.                 --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
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            They fall away,
            And languish with insensible decay.   --Dryden.
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   4. Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless. [Obs.]
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            If it make the indictment be insensible or
            uncertain, it shall be quashed.       --Sir M. Hale.

   5. Incapable of feeling a specific sensation or emotion; as,
      insensible to pity.
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   Syn: Imperceptible; imperceivable; dull; stupid; torpid;
        numb; unfeeling; apathetic; stoical; impassive;
        indifferent; unsusceptible; hard; callous.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

insensible
    adj 1: incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain";
           "insensible earth" [ant: sensible, sensitive]
    2: unaware of or indifferent to; "insensible to the suffering
       around him" [syn: insensible(p), unaffected(p)]
    3: barely able to be perceived; "the transition was almost
       indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change" [syn:
       indiscernible, insensible, undetectable]
    4: unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had
       fallen"; "drugged and senseless" [syn: insensible,
       senseless]