Insensitive

3 definitions found

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

  Insensitive \In*sen"si*tive\, a.
     Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute
     sensibility. --Tillotson. --Ruskin.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  insensitive
       adj 1: not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to
              radiation" [ant: {sensitive}]
       2: deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally
          sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients"
          [ant: {sensitive}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  103 Moby Thesaurus words for "insensitive":
     Philistine, aloof, anesthetic, anesthetized, asleep, benumbed,
     blanket, bloodless, boorish, caddish, callous, calloused,
     case-hardened, casual, coarse, cold, cold of heart, coldblooded,
     coldhearted, crude, dead, deadened, dull, flinthearted, flinty,
     general, hard, hard of heart, hardened, hardhearted, heartless,
     ill-bred, impassible, impassive, imperceptive, impercipient,
     impervious, imprudent, inconsiderate, incurious, indifferent,
     indiscreet, indiscriminate, indiscriminative, indurated, insensate,
     insensible, insentient, inured, loutish, louty, nasty,
     nonjudgmental, numb, numbed, obdurate, obtuse, offensive,
     pachydermatous, promiscuous, proof against, rocky, senseless,
     steeled against, steely, stony, stonyhearted, tactless,
     thick-skinned, thick-witted, unconcerned, uncritical,
     uncriticizing, undemanding, undifferentiating, undiscreet,
     undiscriminating, undiscriminative, unexacting, unfastidious,
     unfeeling, unfelt, unfeminine, ungenteel, ungentle, ungentlemanly,
     unimpressible, unimpressionable, unladylike, unmerciful,
     unmeticulous, unnatural, unparticular, unperceptive, unrefined,
     unresponsive, unselective, unsolicitous, unsubtle, unsusceptible,
     untactful, vulgar, wholesale