supersensitive

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Definition of supersensitivenext
as in hypersensitive

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Recent Examples of supersensitive Across the world, dozens of supersensitive detectors have been installed since the beginning of the Cold War era to detect infrasound waves created by nuclear tests thousands of miles away. — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 12 May 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supersensitive
  1. hypersensitive
  2. oversensitive
  3. sensitive
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  • Back then, Plavsick’s own personal needs—as someone with hypersensitive skin and a new mom perpetually short on time—inspired the formula.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 30 July 2026
  • The amount may be infinitesimal—white sugar and bottled water are sometimes purified with charred animal bones, for instance—but some hypersensitive alpha-gal patients avoid the risk anyway.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of hypersensitive
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
Definition of oversensitive
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  • What to know about privacy Hospitals and doctors’ offices must follow codes of ethics and rules that protect sensitive patient health information and protect privacy, but AI is not bound by the same strict federal rules.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
  • State officials provided a version of the rolls but withheld sensitive personal information, citing privacy concerns.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2026
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“Supersensitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supersensitive. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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