[
UK
/ɪnsˈɛnseɪt/
]
ADJECTIVE
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devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation
insentient (or insensate) stone -
without compunction or human feeling
in cold blood
insensate destruction
cold-blooded killing
How To Use insensate In A Sentence
- She pointed to a heap of insensate lobsters piled in a corner.
- Anaxagoras compounded this heresy by alleging that the stars were insensate bodies as well, stones carried in orbit by the rapid movement of the heavens and that occasionally a stone might detach itself to become a falling star.
- Simon Callow's fine Sir Toby is also a genuine rural blueblood whose highest praise for Maria is that "she is a beagle, true bred", yet who is also capable of insensate cruelty. Twelfth Night - review | Theatre | Michael Billington
- Describing the women's attackers as "insensate" ( 'Lacking sense or the power to reason;' 'Foolish; witless'), the traditional leaders said the actions of Ngcukana's attackers were not only "barbaric", but unconstitutional in that they violated gender discrimination provisions. ANC Daily News Briefing
- Diabetics often suffer from insensate fingers, and they said that manipulating and positioning test strips correctly in a monitor proved difficult, as well as attention grabbing in social situations.
- It was not simply to vindicate him in his insensate battle with the BBC.
- As with any technique used on the insensate foot, careful attention to detail must be made during application to ensure effective off-loading and the prevention of secondary injury.
- Regarding the insensate thaan, Shar sighed in resignation. Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony
- In the World War the German Jews had a record of insensate loyalty to the Kaiser.
- The act released his physical energies without unfettering his will; his mind was still spellbound, but his powerful body and agile limbs, endowed with a blind, insensate life of their own, resisted stoutly and well.