How to Use insensitive in a Sentence

insensitive

adjective

• It was insensitive of her to say that.
• He's just a rude, insensitive jerk.
• Or sexist, insensitive, and, at the very least, a bit out-of-touch?
  — Lori Nickel, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2022
• The first backing tracks were good but too on-the-nose, too insensitive.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 28 Oct. 2021
• Many of the quips are insensitive and tough to watch just two years after the show ended.
  — Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2021
• 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
• It's been a little over a week since MTV cut ties with Dee due to her racially insensitive tweets.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 18 June 2020
• 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
• Johnson would’ve kept his insensitive thoughts to himself if didn’t want to cause a fuss.
  — Ashlee Banks, Essence, 18 Mar. 2021
• The gesture seemed to go over well in the room but was widely panned as insensitive to those who were suffering.
  — Chris Megerian and Colleen Long, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
• He was fired as the voice of the Aflac duck in 2011 after making insensitive jokes on Twitter about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan that year.
  — New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022
• My post was in no way intended to be insensitive to their truth.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• At the time, many users thought that Kalil’s video was insensitive and tone-deaf, given the fact that a pro-Palestinian protest had been taking place near the gala.
  — Bruna Horvath, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
• Mean and insensitive behavior by kids is nothing new; some young people join in to be part of the group.
  — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2021
• Making the distinction is insensitive, and a sign that Vallejo has so much work left to do.
  — Otis R. Taylor Jr., SFChronicle.com, 10 Sep. 2020
• 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
• Regarded as a no-fuss straight-talker by some, Philip was also in the news over the years for racist and insensitive remarks.
  — Saphora Smith, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2021
• 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
• And for someone who doesn't jog at all, those running shorts could seem insensitive and even cruel.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 4 Feb. 2022
• Even a great, loving kid can still do insensitive, clueless or even mean things.
  — Braden Bell, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
• Being poor does not make one a rube or insensitive to talent.
  — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2022
• But enough of it can be seen from roads and on trails to offer visitors a once-in-a-lifetime view of the fire’s delicate stroke and insensitive brush.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 June 2021
• This isn’t the first time high-profile coaches have been in trouble for insensitive comments.
  — Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2023
• Kevin Hart had been named as host of the 2019 show but stepped down amid controversy over his resurfaced insensitive tweets.
  — Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE.com, 27 Mar. 2022
• For the last two decades, it was rumored that the culturally insensitive impression led to Brody being banned from the show.
  — Shannon Carlin, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025
• The next day, the childhood friend who was hosting the party defended Amanda, suggesting that while the slap was unwarranted, the woman had been insensitive by praising her thinness in front of someone plus-sized.
  — Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025