insensible

(ĭn-sĕn'sə-bəl)
adj.

1. 1. Imperceptible; inappreciable: an insensible change in temperature.
   2. Very small or gradual: insensible movement.
2. 1. Having lost consciousness, especially temporarily; unconscious: lay insensible where he had fallen.
   2. Not invested with sensation; inanimate: insensible clay.
   3. Devoid of physical sensation or the power to react, as to pain or cold; numb.
3. 1. Unaware; unmindful: I am not insensible of your concern.
   2. Not emotionally responsive; indifferent: insensible to criticism.
4. Lacking meaning; unintelligible.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin īnsēnsibilis, imperceivable : in-, not; see in-¹ + sēnsibilis, perceptible; see sensible.]

insensibility in·sen'si·bil'i·ty or in·sen'si·ble·ness n.
insensibly in·sen'si·bly adv.

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adjective

1. Incapable of being apprehended by the mind or the senses: impalpable, imperceptible, imponderable, inappreciable, indiscernible, indistinguishable, intangible, invisible, unnoticeable, unobservable. See knowledge/ignorance.
2. Lacking consciousness: cold, senseless, unconscious. Idioms: out cold, out like a light. See awareness/unawareness.
3. Lacking physical feeling or sensitivity: asleep, dead, insensitive, numb, unfeeling. See awareness/unawareness.
4. Lacking responsiveness or alertness: benumbed, dull, insensitive, numb, stuporous, torpid, unresponsive, wooden. See awareness/unawareness.
5. Without emotion or interest: apathetic, detached, impassive, incurious, indifferent, lethargic, listless, phlegmatic, stolid, unconcerned, uninterested, unresponsive. See feelings.
6. Lacking passion and emotion: anesthetic, bloodless, dull, insensate, insensitive. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, feelings.

1. devoid of sensibility or consciousness.
2. not perceptible to the senses.

• i. sweating — water lost by evaporation from the skin without the skin or hair becoming obviously wet.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ufølsom, bevidstløs, uanfægtet, ligegyldig

Nederlands (Dutch)
gevoelloos, ongevoelig, onverstandig, iet waar te nemen

Français (French)
adj. - insensible, indifférent, (Méd) insensible à, inconscient, sans connaissances, imperceptible

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unmerklich, bewußtlos, unempfindlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αναίσθητος, αδιόρατος, ανεπαίσθητος, λιπόθυμος

Italiano (Italian)
insensibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - insensível, inconsciente

Русский (Russian)
нечувствительный, незаметный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - insensible, impasible, duro, inconsciente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - medvetslös, okänslig, otillgänglig, likgiltig, omedveten, slö, känslolös

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不知的, 无知觉的, 昏迷的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不知的, 無知覺的, 昏迷的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 무감각한, 의식이 없는, 무관심한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 意識を失った, 無感覚の, むとんちゃくな, 気づかないほどの, 気づかない, 無神経な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جامد, فاقد الوعي, لا مبال, لا يحس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חסר הכרה, נטול רגש, לא מורגש, לא מודע, קטן או הדרגתי מדי מכדי שיבחינו בו, לא זהיר, חסר תבונה, קשה לב‬

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