1
as in ruthless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings
an insensitive remark about his deceased wife that was incredibly rude
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2
as in numb
lacking in sensation or feeling
fingers rendered insensitive by the cold
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Recent Examples of insensitive
Victims’ families have complained over the years about the insensitive and unethical ways producers have approached them.
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John J. Lennon, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
This insensitive demand is also strengthened by the impracticality of alternatives.
—Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 20 June 2025
Another 580 million have type 2 diabetes, which arises when the hormone insulin, which controls blood sugar levels, is in short supply or the body’s cells become insensitive to it.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
Second, what is an appropriate response to these insensitive people?
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
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John J. Lennon, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
This insensitive demand is also strengthened by the impracticality of alternatives.
—Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 20 June 2025
Another 580 million have type 2 diabetes, which arises when the hormone insulin, which controls blood sugar levels, is in short supply or the body’s cells become insensitive to it.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
Second, what is an appropriate response to these insensitive people?
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insensitive
Adjective
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As a member of a crew that robs banks, Mr. Blonde is the most ruthless.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 July 2025
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President Donald Trump has mounted a ruthless onslaught on the checks and balances established in the Constitution.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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The tips of my fingers are numb, and my toes are also numb.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 June 2025
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Her mother, Keily Chinchilla, says Bustillo has often been forced to sleep on the floor, her spine seizing from inflammation, her left arm and half her face numb.—
Dhruv Mehrotra,
Wired News,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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While Charlie Brown played things safe, Snoopy lived an exuberant life in his imagination, casting himself as a frustrated novelist, gleeful dancer, merciless attorney and even a prolific flying ace in a World War I Sopwith Camel.—
Chris Carra,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 June 2025
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Players have openly voiced their struggles with its deep rough, lightning-fast greens, and merciless bunkers.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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The tragedy is one of several similar incidents of mass death among migrants who put their lives into the hands of callous smugglers to make it to the U.S. In 2017 in San Antonio, 10 immigrants died after being trapped in a truck parked outside of a Walmart.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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Immigrant rights advocates say the use of tents in a remote swamp during peak summer heat shows a callous disregard for the health and dignity of detainees.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Live 00:00 06:12 06:12 Officials give timeline of response efforts as floods impacted Texas 06:12 Kerrville Police Community Services Officer Chief Jonathan Lamb painted a somber picture of how the morning of July 4 unfolded as floods took over Hunt, when most residents were asleep.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
10 July 2025
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Tolbert’s 10-year-old son was on a couch playing video games while his 4-year-old brother was asleep next to him at their home in the 3600 block of West Palmer Street in the Logan Square neighborhood, according to prosecutors.—
Laura Rodríguez Presa,
Chicago Tribune,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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A far cry from the mild-mannered Peter Parker in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man films, Tully is an abusive, hot-headed, and greedy slime ball who leverages post-war desperation into a thriving criminal business.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Otero Cruz, from Women Against Abuse, said leaving an abusive relationship is the most dangerous time for survivors.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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Then, the men had to walk around as these unfeeling, aggressive, hyper-masculine creatures.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
28 May 2025
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Tabo turns, in his mother’s eyes, into a cold and unfeeling stone.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Sandoval has received some pay bumps, including a temporary $10,000-a-year bonus for Hawaii special education teachers designed to alleviate shortages in that and other hard-to-staff areas.—
Alia Wong,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2023
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Whether those numbers are an overstatement, or possibly an understatement, is hard to say.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2023
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“Insensitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insensitive. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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