insensitiveness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insensitiveness
Noun
  • Interestingly, the lifetimes achieved now surpass typical timescales for cosmic ray impacts, suggesting some level of insensitivity by cat qubits to such events.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • His return quickly became a flashpoint for the broader debate about satire in American politics, with critics accusing the comedian of insensitivity and supporters saying he was unfairly targeted.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Essentially, they’re used to meeting an expectation where rudeness and thoughtlessness aren’t tolerated—because their older sister made sure of that.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Maybe the symptoms of his cognitive decline are inextricable from what seemed to you to be his general self-absorption and thoughtlessness.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There are blatantly far-fetched thrillers, brilliant ones, that haunt us for decades in spite of their narrative inelegance or the quality of their gotchas.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Keeping the battery charged avoids this morsel of powertrain inelegance.
    Derek Powell, Car and Driver, 19 Jan. 2022
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“Insensitiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insensitiveness. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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