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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Executives who turn their backs on the major events in the world around them will be seen as arrogant, naive, insensitive, or all the above.
  — Cheryl Naumann, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2022
• While this may seem insensitive, the Covid-19 outbreak led to some positive changes to our culture.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
• The video was met with a wave of criticism that her video came off as insensitive, poking fun at critics’ grievances.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
• Some have called the joke insensitive because Pinkett Smith has talked about her struggles with hair loss caused by alopecia.
  — Wendy Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2022
• And a full 45% of fans want sports teams to do more than just stop using culturally insensitive mascots and names.
  — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 16 May 2021
• Harrison also questioned whether the photos would be considered racially insensitive in 2018 when they were taken.
  — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 18 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Dec 2024