supersensitive

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Recent Examples of supersensitive Whitney Fields, 38, from Austin, was fed up with contacts scratching her supersensitive eyes. Julia Ries, SELF, 9 Sep. 2024 The problem is that investors are supersensitive to the Fed’s views. James MacKintosh, WSJ, 22 June 2021 Better to stick with your Swedish clogs and Ulla Johnson dresses, and your membership at the food co-op, than to risk the wrath of hungry, countryside-roaming alien beasties with terrible eyesight but supersensitive hearing. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 26 May 2021 Exterminators today are taking a cue from law enforcement and turning to dogs' supersensitive noses for smelling bed bugs, ants, and termites. Adam Hadhazy, Popular Mechanics, 9 Mar. 2021 Now, researchers are pushing to build a final generation of supersensitive detectors — or one ‘ultimate’ detector — that will leave the particles no place to hide. Elizabeth Gibney, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2020 That’s even true for the supersensitive Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), 66 radio telescopes high in the Chilean Andes that work together as a single instrument. Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 12 Aug. 2020 Neutrinos can’t escape from black holes, and the supersensitive Super-K will be able to detect a telltale stream of neutrinos that suddenly shuts down. Dolly Setton, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2014
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supersensitive
Adjective
  • IgE can bind to the surface of mast cells or basophils (types of white blood cells) and trigger hypersensitive reactions in response to allergens.
    Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Which might explain why Trump’s executive order immediately handed the hypersensitive task of inspecting museum exhibits for ideology to his vice president.
    Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
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
  • Security clearance requirements limit the most sensitive jobs to U.S. citizens.
    Davis Winkie, USA Today, 19 May 2025
  • Even benchmarks can be misleading, since outcomes are highly sensitive to the types of tasks included.
    Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025

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“Supersensitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supersensitive. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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