insensately

Definition of insensatelynext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insensately
Adverb
  • In this volatile environment, comments that appear to minimize or frame the shooting insensitively—like Matt Gutman's—can quickly become career-ending.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Sahroni has faced accusations of responding insensitively to people calling for parliament to be dissolved amid anger over lawmakers’ allowances.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • But, to get there, Brontë enlists some of the ubiquitous tropes of her time—the foundling hero, for example—only to ruthlessly unravel them.
    Radhika Jones, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Technology’s ruthlessly deflationary force will first wipe out travel booking platforms, Citrini predicted, with agents able to assemble a complete travel itinerary by the fourth quarter of 2026, faster and cheaper than any platform could.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • His father was the warden there, and Dominique was teased for it mercilessly at school.
    Gaby Wood, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Madrid are actually owned by 80,000 members who demand the highest standards — and are surrounded by a voracious local media who mercilessly criticise anyone who even temporarily falls short.
    The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • Now my son is dead after suffering unmercifully.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • The first hour, set at a resort that’s like a singles cruise through the Twilight Zone (or Bachelor in Paradise beamed in from a brutal alternate universe), contains some of the most pitilessly funny scenes of the filmmaker’s career.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Marley’s level of fame and influence meant that, after his death at 36, his legacy, his spirit, his brand was to be shaped by a record industry that could be callously indifferent to truth or quality at the expense of revenue.
    Eric Harvey, Pitchfork, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Some industry representatives ahead of the meeting expressed worry that attending risked casting them as willing participants in a callously opportunistic grab for Venezuela’s crude, people familiar with the matter said.
    Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 10 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • Kahlo vibrantly and unsparingly depicted herself and events from her life, which was upended by a bus accident at 18.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Kahlo vibrantly and unsparingly depicted herself and events from her life, which was upended by a bus accident at 18.
    Hannah Schoenbaum, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • After decades of obdurately refusing to entertain the idea of bestowing its computers with touch screens, rumor has it that Apple might finally offer this capability.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Insensately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insensately. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.

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