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sensitive
1: sensory 2 <sensitive nerves>2 a: receptive to sense impressions b: capable of being stimulated or excited by external agents (as light, gravity, or contact) <a photographic emulsion sensitive to red light> <sensitive protoplasm>3: highly responsive or susceptible: as a: easily hurt or damaged <sensitive skin>; especially : easily hurt emotionally b: excessively or abnormally susceptible : hypersensitive <sensitive to egg protein> c: capable of indicating minute differences <sensitive scales> d: readily affected or changed by various agents (as light or mechanical shock) <a sensitive colloid>
— sen·si·tive·ness noun
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