insensate
adjective
in·sen·sate
(ˌ)in-ˈsen-ˌsāt 
-sət
1
: lacking sense or understanding
also
: foolish
2
: lacking animate awareness or sensation
3
: lacking humane feeling : brutal
insensately
adverb
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Examples of insensate in a Sentence
the belief that God is immanent in all things, even insensate objects
an insensate boss who refuses to allow time off for funerals
Recent Examples on the Web
The brain, like other internal organs, is insensate, its lack of sensory receptors attested by videos of virtuoso violinists who play on unfazed as neurosurgeons go to work inside their skulls.
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Matthew Ponsford, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
But states have used midazolam alone — and at much higher doses — in executions since 2013, claiming the drug will render people insensate to pain before the administration of other lethal injection drugs.
—Lauren Gill, ProPublica, 29 Apr. 2023
Jerome Powell and his Federal Reserve colleagues are hardly insensate to the risk that their inflation-fighting actions might bring Mr. Trump back to power.
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 14 June 2022
Realigning themselves with sophomoric virtues, the stars sell their souls in accommodation to the insensate new era.
—Armond White, National Review, 28 Oct. 2020
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Matthew Ponsford, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
But states have used midazolam alone — and at much higher doses — in executions since 2013, claiming the drug will render people insensate to pain before the administration of other lethal injection drugs.
—Lauren Gill, ProPublica, 29 Apr. 2023
Jerome Powell and his Federal Reserve colleagues are hardly insensate to the risk that their inflation-fighting actions might bring Mr. Trump back to power.
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 14 June 2022
Realigning themselves with sophomoric virtues, the stars sell their souls in accommodation to the insensate new era.
—Armond White, National Review, 28 Oct. 2020
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“Insensate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insensate. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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insensate
adjective
in·sen·sate
(ˈ)in-ˈsen-ˌsāt
1
: lacking awareness or sensation : inanimate
2
: lacking sense or understanding
3
: lacking humane feelings : brutal
insensately
adverb
Medical Definition
insensate
adjective
in·sen·sate
(ˈ)in-ˈsen-ˌsāt, -sət
: devoid of sensation or feeling
ulcers developed in the insensate foot
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