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insensitiveness

noun

as in insensitivity

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  1. insensitivity
  2. thoughtlessness
  3. gracelessness
  4. inelegance
  5. artlessness
Noun
  • In a variation on her character from Parasite, Cho deftly underplays Yi-je’s insensitivity as another woman projecting a blithe lack of awareness of her privilege.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Sherman is known to savage, with unglamorous insensitivity, the vaunted creative directors of the great houses.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of insensitivity
Noun
  • Not malevolence but thoughtlessness was behind Eichmann’s deeds.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The thoughtlessness with which this bride coerced you into subsidizing her wedding was stunning.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
Definition of thoughtlessness
Noun
  • Not two years later this tower was to collapse precipitately under its own weight into a pyramid of dust and rubble, only to be rebuilt later, in, unaccountably, all its former gracelessness.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Definition of gracelessness
Noun
  • Keeping the battery charged avoids this morsel of powertrain inelegance.
    — Derek Powell, Car and Driver, 19 Jan. 2022
  • There’s a glimmer of maturity not totally obfuscated by some of the film’s inelegance, as Pat considers how much about gayness and queerness has changed in the micro and macro on his journey into the past.
    — Mark Olsen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2021
Definition of inelegance
Noun
  • But then, with seemingly on-the-fly artlessness, Laxe’s camera picks a few of the dancers out.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
Definition of artlessness
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“Insensitiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insensitiveness. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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