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insensitivity

[ UK /ɪnsˌɛnsɪtˈɪvɪti/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˌsɛnsəˈtɪvəti/ ]
NOUN
  1. the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

How To Use insensitivity In A Sentence

  • For instance, the apparent lack of sensitivity of GLRs to amino acids could reflect the orientation of the proteins within the heterologous host membrane, rather than insensitivity to ligands.
  • This insensitivity must include disregarding the garbage that is thrown anywhere and everywhere on many a city street.
  • Our challenge is to be cautious not to take on a tone of self-righteousness and insensitivity to those whose policies we critique.
  • The officers have shown insensitivity towards the prisoners, who all share a common faith.
  • Incensed by his insensitivity and spurred onward by the events earlier in the evening, Lucy's eyes smoldered with resentment.
  • Their insensitivity is matched only by their overriding self-belief.
  • States of ‘altered consciousness’, hypnosis, autohypnosis, euphoria, and psychosomatic conditions such as hysteria, may be accompanied by insensitivity to pain.
  • Tom freely acknowledged this just as Terry acknowledged his earlier insensitivity.
  • He never ceased to surprise her with his insensitivity.
  • A child who repeatedly sees violence or insensitivity towards himself, other human beings or animals becomes desensitized himself.
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