insensible

Etymology

From Middle English insensible, from Old French insensible, from Late Latin īnsēnsibilis.

adj

  1. Unable to be perceived by the senses.
    They fall away, / And languish with insensible decay.
  2. Incapable or deprived of physical sensation.
    “[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]” 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Fate of the Artemis
  3. Unable to be understood; unintelligible.
  4. Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.
    If it make the indictment be insensible or uncertain, […]it shall be quashed. 1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ
  5. Incapable of mental feeling; indifferent.
  6. Incapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic.

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