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US
/ˌoʊvɝˈsɛnsətɪv/
]
[ UK /ˌəʊvəsˈɛnsɪtˌɪv/ ]
[ UK /ˌəʊvəsˈɛnsɪtˌɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- unduly sensitive or thin-skinned
How To Use oversensitive In A Sentence
- The software does seem a touch oversensitive to certain key words but I've never had a problem with blogs, even the more foul-mouthed ones.
- I'm oversensitive and I know that gets on his nerves.
- Over course, one would be "oversensitive" to suggest that there's anything inappropriate about calling Clinton "the first black president". Obama Surrogate: He Will Be "First Woman President"
- I don't think they're crazy, or oversensitive - there have been actual, real, changes in society that might make them feel this way.
- I thought it was just me - I am oversensitive to personal space issues.
- I'm oversensitive to the needs of my staff, that's always been my downfall --- too much sensitivity in every way. LOSING IT
- Any player can be criticized, so it's no place for the oversensitive.
- There are no statistics to back up this claim, but some say millennials are oversensitive, hyper-censorious snowflakes who aren’t happy unless they’re unhappy about something.
- I might have said I was a feminist before 1970, which is when I became pregnant and developed a long-term relationship with one of New York City's outpatient clinics, but secretly I was a premature "postfeminist," convinced that sexism was a problem chiefly for the oversensitive and underassertive. Ms. Magazine Online
- The mutation causes the brain cells to be oversensitive to neurotransmitters such as dopamine.