1
as in unconscious
lacking animate awareness or sensation
the belief that God is immanent in all things, even insensate objects
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as in ruthless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings
an insensate boss who refuses to allow time off for funerals
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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.
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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
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
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An unidentified woman in her 70s was found unconscious in the back seat behind the driver following the crash.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
14 Feb. 2025
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On the SmackDown episode that aired on November 24, Cargill was found unconscious, bloodied, and left on the hood of a car.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Be ruthless with your time Top performers who guard their calendar like their bank account report higher satisfaction levels and better business outcomes.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Rendezvous Views The Island has been infused with an abundance of Bars, and now every opportunist is out to hit the jackpot including the ruthless crime kingpin Fletcher Kane.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Celebrate by having a relaxing bath with your favorite inanimate waterfowl.—
Rosalind Bowling,
The Tennessean,
20 Dec. 2024
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Reserve disinfecting products for inanimate surfaces only.—
Michele Cohen Marill,
WIRED,
28 Apr. 2020
Adjective
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The most intriguing of the Japanese cast is Kasamatsu (a principal character on Max’s Tokyo Vice) as Major Nakamura, a thoughtful man who seems resistant to Colonel Kota’s instruction to be more merciless.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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The temptation is too much for a merciless monarch to resist and she's briefed on the details of the team's counter-terrorism assignment.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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So much modern football is mechanical and unfeeling; Joao Felix is loose and breezy.—
Jack Lang,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 2025
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Human failings amidst an unfeeling snowpocalypse make for some engaging scenes.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Needless to say, the comments were met with a stony silence in Europe, and were the strongest signal yet of a widening ideological and geopolitical rift between the two powers since President Donald Trump came to power.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025
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Next up, Moss-Bachrach will portray the stony disposition (both literally and figuratively) of Ben Grimm, a.k.a.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In spite of those aims, or perhaps in pursuit of them, over the course of this story their lives will devolve into senseless violence.—
Evan Ratliff,
WIRED,
21 Feb. 2025
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The phrase 'practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty' was coined in 1982 by magazine writer and editor Anne Herbert.—
Kendall Malinchock,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Any advice would be appreciated. — Not the Bestie Dear Bestie: At the risk of sounding callous, this is not your problem.—
R. Eric Thomas,
The Denver Post,
20 Jan. 2025
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Any advice would be appreciated. – Not the Bestie Dear Bestie: At the risk of sounding callous, this is not your problem.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Insensate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insensate. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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