Insensateness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Insensate \In*sen"sate\, a. [L. insensatus. See {In-} not, and
     {Sensate}.]
     Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish.
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           The silence and the calm


           Of mute, insensate things.               --Wordsworth.
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           The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen.
                                                    --Buckle.
     -- {In*sen"sate*ly}, adv. -- {In*sen"sate*ness}, n.
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