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as in unconscious
lacking animate awareness or sensation the belief that God is immanent in all things, even insensate objects

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Recent Examples of insensate The brain, like other internal organs, is insensate, its lack of sensory receptors attested by videos of virtuoso violinists who play on unfazed as neurosurgeons go to work inside their skulls. Matthew Ponsford, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024 But states have used midazolam alone — and at much higher doses — in executions since 2013, claiming the drug will render people insensate to pain before the administration of other lethal injection drugs. Lauren Gill, ProPublica, 29 Apr. 2023 Jerome Powell and his Federal Reserve colleagues are hardly insensate to the risk that their inflation-fighting actions might bring Mr. Trump back to power. Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 14 June 2022 Realigning themselves with sophomoric virtues, the stars sell their souls in accommodation to the insensate new era. Armond White, National Review, 28 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insensate
Adjective
  • The alleged victim was reportedly knocked unconscious from the blow and hospitalized with a skull fracture and brain bleeding.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Stress, previous surgeries, traumatic experiences or even unconscious muscle tensing can also contribute to this pain.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Whoever sells the most wins a car; whoever sells the least is out of a job – a ruthless environment where each character will do anything to come out on top.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
  • However, his plans to go straight are threatened when his final heist spirals out of control, pulling him into a deadly game of survival against ruthless criminals—including the unhinged Bats (Jamie Foxx) and the wild coupling of Buddy (Jon Hamm) and Darling (Eiza González).
    Travis Bean, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • That’s why horror movies often have these inanimate emblems that are so terrifying.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Celebrate by having a relaxing bath with your favorite inanimate waterfowl.
    Rosalind Bowling, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The counterpoint to Pritzker’s light touch on Schumer is Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has been merciless in her disapproval of Schumer’s decision.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Alas, this humble superfood has become rare and coveted in recent years, particularly during the past couple of months due to the merciless outbreaks of avian influenza.
    Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Tabo turns, in his mother’s eyes, into a cold and unfeeling stone.
    Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • So much modern football is mechanical and unfeeling; Joao Felix is loose and breezy.
    Jack Lang, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The region's cool climate, high diurnal temperature range, and stony, well-draining soils are ideal for enhancing the aromatic profile and maintaining the grape’s natural acidity.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Stein derives from the word stone in German and refers to the stony soils found in this vineyard.
    Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The ultimate in senseless crime: murder by mistake.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
  • That’s how a video game rife with mindless violence provided a kind of refuge—and turned out to be an apt and very funny location for the senseless bloodshed of the Bard’s most famous of tragedies.
    Vogue, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This order was not only severe in its scope but alarmingly rushed in its execution and callous in its treatment of service members who have devoted their lives to protecting our nation.
    Carlos Del Toro, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Odell and his potential heirs, callous Belinda (Téa Leoni) and sleazeball Shepard (scene-stealer Will Poulter), take the discovery of a new species to unethical extremes.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025

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“Insensate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insensate. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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