hypersensitive

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Recent Examples of hypersensitive Law enforcement faces the challenge of sorting fact from fiction in real time as swatters employ tools like AI to bolster their hoax in a hypersensitive climate surrounding mass shootings. Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025 In autistic individuals, this sense can be either heightened (hypersensitive) or diminished (hyposensitive). Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 31 July 2025 Some people are hypersensitive, or sensory avoiders, and may be overwhelmed by sounds, bright lights, busy spaces and need calmer, more structured spaces. Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025 There’s something about his ability to be both hypersensitive and judgmental, ambitious and full of self-doubt, dark and laugh-out-loud funny that has influenced my writing and thinking. Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hypersensitive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypersensitive
Adjective
  • Most commenters on the TSR post agreed that Yung Miami meant no disrespect and that Lizzo was being a little oversensitive.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The 8th and 9th are full of good energy, but everyone seems to be feeling oversensitive near the 13th.
    Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2023
Adjective
  • Your eyes become supersensitive to sunlight: Some people with nr-axSpA will also have a condition called uveitis.
    Alice Oglethorpe, SELF, 18 July 2025
  • Across the world, dozens of supersensitive detectors have been installed since the beginning of the Cold War era to detect infrasound waves created by nuclear tests thousands of miles away.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • This allows users to benefit from AI acceleration without exposing sensitive information.
    Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Teens will need to allow their parents access and provide them with a time-sensitive QR code to complete activation.
    Alex Vance, Parents, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Hypersensitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypersensitive. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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