Insensible Definition & Meaning

insensible
adjective
  1. incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth"
  2. unaware of or indifferent to; "insensible to the suffering around him"
  3. barely able to be perceived; "the transition was almost indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change"
  4. unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless"

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