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insensitive

/in-sen-si-tiv/US // ɪnˈsɛn sɪ tɪv //UK // (ɪnˈsɛnsɪtɪv) //

不敏感的,不敏感,不敏锐,麻木不仁

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : deficient in human sensibility, acuteness of feeling, or consideration; unfeeling; callous: an insensitive person.
    • : not physically sensitive: insensitive skin.
    • : not affected by physical or chemical agencies or influences: insensitive to light.
    • : not readily responsive or aware: insensitive to the needs of the peasants.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.indifferent, callous

Examples

  • Many marketers have paused campaigns or adjusted their paid advertising strategies to ensure they’re not striking potential customers at the wrong time with insensitive messaging.

  • She didn't say anything about it in the moment, but then later sent me an email detailing health problems she's had related to insomnia and telling me she thought I was insensitive.

  • While the fear of an insensitive or poorly placed ad going viral isn’t a realistic possibility for most brands, the question of whether audiences are in the right mindset to be marketed to is one that every advertiser should ask.

  • It’s usually a centralized process that’s insensitive to minute changes in the environment.

  • At worst, these flawed standards will lead to more AI systems and tools that perpetuate existing biases and are insensitive to local cultures.

  • Many of the agents were insensitive and crass, shouting insults and expletives at the detainees in Spanish.

  • We did not intend to cause any offense, but in retrospect we realize that it was insensitive.

  • “Amendment 1” seems to protect bullying on social media and insensitive and hurtful speech as well.

  • When Sara took her case before a panel of faculty members, she said she found them combative and insensitive.

  • The series features an actress navigating the racially insensitive landscape of mainstream Hollywood.

  • Though Nigel was enthusiastic and determined, he was not insensitive to what was passing in the mind of one he admired and liked.

  • The mucous membranes become dry and insensitive, especially those of the fauces.

  • The Kinghampstead division remained for some time insensitive to my defection.

  • Its pivot had been destroyed in transit and Correll had replaced it by a gramophone needle, which was found too insensitive.

  • Sometimes he becomes wholly insensitive in some part of his body via a nerve bloc.