Associations to the word «Insensitive»

Wiktionary

INSENSITIVE, adjective. Not expressing normal physical feeling
INSENSITIVE, adjective. Not expressing normal emotional feelings; cold; tactless; undiplomatic

Dictionary definition

INSENSITIVE, adjective. Not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation".
INSENSITIVE, adjective. Deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats