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INSENSIBLE

insensible, unaffected - a 
unaware of or indifferent to; "insensible to the suffering around him" 

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Synonyms

cold, gradual, imperceivable, imperceptible, inanimate, inappreciable, insensate, numb, obdurate, oblivious, torpid, unaware, unconscious, unfeeling, unimpressible, unintelligible, unmindful, unsusceptible

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Examples

Logical inference from sense is a process from sensible to insensible existence.

He did not, however, recognize the fact that the distance at which the attraction is sensible is not only small but altogether insensible.

We shall use the symbol e to denote this extreme range, beyond which the action of these forces may be regarded as insensible.

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Etymology

c. 1400, "lacking the power to feel with the senses, numb, dazed" (now rare in this meaning), from Late Latin insensibilis "that cannot be felt," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + sensibilis "having feeling: perceptible by the senses" (see sensible). Meaning "void of feeling, not susceptible to emotion or passion" is from 1610s. Meaning "incapable of being felt or perceived by the senses or the mind, so small or slight as to be imperceptible" is from late 14c. Compare insensate.

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