How to Use insensitive in a Sentence

insensitive

adjective

• It was insensitive of her to say that.
• He's just a rude, insensitive jerk.
• Some teachers in Fairfax found the contents of the email to be a bit insensitive.
  — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
• That’s not meant to be insensitive to anybody, that’s a fact.
  — Dallas News, 26 July 2022
• The word is a racially insensitive term for the Khoekhoe, an indigenous group in South Africa.
  — Variety, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2024
• The answer was changed by The New York Times as part of its effort to remove obscure or insensitive words from the game.
  — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 10 May 2022
• The school has since said, handling of the decision came across as insensitive.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2022
• The 36-year-old plays the ukulele in the apology video, which many fans criticized as insensitive.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 10 July 2023
• My post was in no way intended to be insensitive to their truth.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• His play, which might have been smashed by the insensitive or botched by the fatuous, has fallen into expert hands.
  — Claudia Cassidy, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2022
• Jennie Nguyen joined the group in the show's sophomore run but was fired ahead of season 3 for her racially insensitive social posts.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2023
• Being poor does not make one a rube or insensitive to talent.
  — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2022
• This isn’t the first time high-profile coaches have been in trouble for insensitive comments.
  — Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2023
• The video was met with a wave of criticism that her video came off as insensitive, poking fun at critics’ grievances.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
• Both have endured criticism for either the seeming insensitive nature of the layoffs (the case for Twitter) or the careless lead up to the layoffs (the case for Meta).
  — Trey Williams, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2022
• Not to be insensitive, but there are a lot of people who are the product of unplanned and even unwanted pregnancies.
  — Zack Ford, CNN, 29 May 2022
• At the same time, a clunky or insensitive ad can seriously tarnish a brand, such as the infamous 1999 Super Bowl ad for Just for Feet, which was called racist and tone deaf.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 12 Feb. 2024
• The nation hardest hit by a storm can request its name be removed because the storm was so deadly or costly that future use of the name would be insensitive.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2022
• That happens when a storm’s death toll or destruction is so severe that using its name again would be insensitive.
  — Laura Bargfeld, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
• However, Harris was called out for being insensitive about the death when the photo resurfaced last week and shocked people anew.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022
• That’s a crummy thing to say in any circumstance, and in this case, Erika’s remarks seemed grossly insensitive.
  — oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2022
• In straining to be sensitive to a small minority, the author is crudely insensitive to the feelings of half the human race.
  — Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Nov. 2022
• While the couple was getting close on TV, Rachael was under fire for racially insensitive photos from her college days.
  — Jennifer Nied, Women's Health, 15 June 2023
• The nation hit hardest by a devastating storm can request its name be removed because use of the name again would be insensitive.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
• When was the last person canceled for being insensitive to seniors?
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
• As a brand, Asian carp have two big problems: The name strikes many as both racially insensitive and decidedly unpalatable — a trash fish.
  — Peter Kendall, Washington Post, 22 June 2022
• Some people even feel entitled to tell other people what is right or wrong, which can be perceived as insensitive at best.
  — Lisa D. Foster, Forbes, 18 May 2022
• The apology came after the company was slammed across social media for what many saw as an insensitive use of the 9/11 anniversary.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2023
• The chair of the society's 26-member board said the vote from a Monday Zoom meeting didn't mean the organization was being insensitive.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 16 Mar. 2023
• But after this week’s revival of the theme, many voiced their criticism, accusing her of being insensitive to the victims of the festival.
  — Jonah Valdezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024