insentient
adjective
in·sen·tient
(ˌ)in-ˈsen(t)-sh(ē-)ənt 
: lacking perception, consciousness, or animation
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Examples of insentient in a Sentence
refused to believe that the universe as we know it evolved from the random interactions of insentient particles of matter
an insentient therapist who failed to see what the teenager's real problem was
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This is partly because the loss of insentient machinery, no matter how expensive, is easier to stomach than the death of an aircrew.
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Lauren Kahn, Foreign Affairs, 6 June 2023
But its shortcomings are essentially those of the novel: its single-track didacticism; its neat pitting of romantic idealists against macho, insentient normies; and the fact that a decisive plot twist can be spotted a mile off.
—Houman Barekat, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
Genes are insentient things and cannot be said to have any kind of purposeful selfish or unselfish behavior.
—Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2017
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Lauren Kahn, Foreign Affairs, 6 June 2023
But its shortcomings are essentially those of the novel: its single-track didacticism; its neat pitting of romantic idealists against macho, insentient normies; and the fact that a decisive plot twist can be spotted a mile off.
—Houman Barekat, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
Genes are insentient things and cannot be said to have any kind of purposeful selfish or unselfish behavior.
—Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2017
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“Insentient.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insentient. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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