insensate

/ɪnˈsɛnseɪt/
adjective
  1. Lacking physical sensation; unable to feel or perceive.
    • The rock lay insensate to the warmth of the sun.
    • The patient remained insensate under the effects of the strong anesthetic.
    • After the accident, his leg was insensate and he couldn't feel anything below the knee.
  2. Lacking feeling or compassion; cruel or unfeeling.
    • She was insensate to the suffering of the homeless people on the street.
    • The dictator's insensate brutality shocked the world.
    • His insensate remarks hurt everyone who heard them.
  3. Lacking sense or reason; foolish or irrational.
    • He made an insensate gamble with his life savings.
    • The mob's insensate rage led to the destruction of the shop.
    • It was an insensate decision to drive through the flooded road.
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