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Recent Examples of hypersensitive
Those whose vestibular system is hypersensitive may feel off-balance or in danger of falling.
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Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024
Those with a hypersensitive vestibular system can work on moving slowly on staircases or otherwise tough-to-navigate spaces.
—Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024
They can be described with words like hypersensitive, insecure, and defensive.
—Joy Emeh, Health, 9 Sep. 2024
Those with such hypersensitive threat detection probably had a leg up in a Paleolithic world full of menace, but in a modern one, such stress is usually maladaptive—except in the rare cases when modern life presents true menace, which many people underreact to.
—Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 29 July 2024
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Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024
Those with a hypersensitive vestibular system can work on moving slowly on staircases or otherwise tough-to-navigate spaces.
—Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024
They can be described with words like hypersensitive, insecure, and defensive.
—Joy Emeh, Health, 9 Sep. 2024
Those with such hypersensitive threat detection probably had a leg up in a Paleolithic world full of menace, but in a modern one, such stress is usually maladaptive—except in the rare cases when modern life presents true menace, which many people underreact to.
—Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 29 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypersensitive
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The 8th and 9th are full of good energy, but everyone seems to be feeling oversensitive near the 13th.Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2023
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These young ideas rarely do — and the invaluable lesson that students glean from that realization will be lost forever if administrators cut them off at the knees by continuing to appease oversensitive cry-bullies whose antics threaten these vital sandboxes.Brian Anderson, National Review, 12 Sep. 2020
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Whitney Fields, 38, from Austin, was fed up with contacts scratching her supersensitive eyes.Julia Ries, SELF, 9 Sep. 2024
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The problem is that investors are supersensitive to the Fed’s views.James Mackintosh, WSJ, 22 June 2021
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Amphibians, including frogs and salamanders, are more vulnerable, Urban found, perhaps because their habitats are more sensitive to environmental changes.Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024
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Hot sauce: This won't make the final dish hot, but if anyone is sensitive, it can be skipped.Nicole Hopper, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Hypersensitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypersensitive. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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