insensible

insensible
adj.
1 insensitive (indiferente).
2 numb (entumecido).
3 imperceptible (imperceptible).
4 unfeeling, hardhearted, cold-blooded, cold-hearted.
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insensible
► adjetivo
1 insensitive, unfeeling, thoughtless
2 MEDICINA insensible
■ insensible al dolor insensible to pain
3 (imperceptible) insensible, imperceptible
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ADJ
1) [persona] (=indiferente) insensitive (a to)
(=no afectado) unaffected (a by)
2) [cambio] imperceptible
3) (Med) (=inconsciente) insensible, unconscious; (=entumecido) numb
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adjetivo insensitive

insensible al frío — insensitive to the cold

es insensible a mis súplicas — he is oblivious o insensible to my entreaties

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= insensitive, hard-hearted, callous, unfeeling, thick-skinned, insensible, unemotional.
Ex. In addition, Ms. Marshall has done a great deal of research in the area of subject control, particularly with respect to ethnically and otherwise insensitive topical and name headings.
Ex. For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.
Ex. Not all large publishing companies are conducted in a callous and philistine manner, motivated solely by profit.
Ex. The discourteous, unfeeling, & degrading reception encountered by job applicants is discussed.
Ex. Business was represented by hard-nosed, thick-skinned managers with no inclination to adopt academia's language and critiques.
Ex. Electrical stunning renders an animal instantly insensible by inducing a grand mal epileptic seizure.
Ex. Australian researchers have observed that four to eight year-old boys who have an unemotional temperament are less responsive to discipline.
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* insensible a las diferencias de género = gender blind.
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adjetivo insensitive

insensible al frío — insensitive to the cold

es insensible a mis súplicas — he is oblivious o insensible to my entreaties

* * *
= insensitive, hard-hearted, callous, unfeeling, thick-skinned, insensible, unemotional.

Ex: In addition, Ms. Marshall has done a great deal of research in the area of subject control, particularly with respect to ethnically and otherwise insensitive topical and name headings.

Ex: For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.
Ex: Not all large publishing companies are conducted in a callous and philistine manner, motivated solely by profit.
Ex: The discourteous, unfeeling, & degrading reception encountered by job applicants is discussed.
Ex: Business was represented by hard-nosed, thick-skinned managers with no inclination to adopt academia's language and critiques.
Ex: Electrical stunning renders an animal instantly insensible by inducing a grand mal epileptic seizure.
Ex: Australian researchers have observed that four to eight year-old boys who have an unemotional temperament are less responsive to discipline.
* insensible a las diferencias de género = gender blind.

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insensible
adjective
1 ‹persona› insensitive insensible A algo oblivious o insensible TO sth
es insensible a mis súplicas he is oblivious o insensible to my entreaties
2 (Med) ‹miembro/nervio› insensitive
insensible al frío insensitive to the cold, not feeling the cold
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insensible adjetivo
insensitive;
◊ insensible al frío insensitive to the cold

insensible adjetivo
1 (impasible, inconmovible) insensitive [a, to]
2 (difícil de percibir) imperceptible
3 Med (sin sensibilidad) numb: es insensible al calor, she doesn't feel the heat

'insensible' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dura
- duro
- impasible
- sorda
- sordo
- endurecer
English:
callous
- crass
- hard
- hard-boiled
- hard-hearted
- hardened
- impervious
- insensitive
- numb
- unfeeling
- cold
- insensible
- skin
- thick
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insensible adj
1. [indiferente] insensitive (a to);
es insensible a su sufrimiento she's indifferent to his suffering
2. [físicamente] insensitive (a to);
es insensible al calor he doesn't feel the heat
3. [imperceptible] imperceptible
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insensible
adj insensitive (a to)
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insensible adj
: insensitive, unfeeling
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insensible adj
1. (persona) insensitive
es insensible al sufrimiento humano he's insensitive to human suffering
2. (miembro) numb
tiene los dedos insensibles she has no feeling in her fingers
ser insensible al frío not to feel the cold

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  • insensible — ► ADJECTIVE 1) without one s mental faculties; unconscious. 2) numb; without feeling. 3) (insensible of/to) unaware of; indifferent to. 4) too small or gradual to be perceived. DERIVATIVES insensibly adverb insensibility …   English terms dictionary

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