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as in ruthless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings
an insensitive remark about his deceased wife that was incredibly rude
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as in numb
lacking in sensation or feeling
fingers rendered insensitive by the cold
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Recent Examples of insensitive
In a five-minute video posted on TikTok on Friday, Bode — who uses a wheelchair on screen and in real life — shared her thoughts on the insensitive comments circulating online about Nessarose, the younger sister of Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo).
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Michaela Zee, Variety, 30 Nov. 2024
This new missive appears insensitive and is earning pushback.
—Michele Weldon, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov. 2024
Other TikTok users then exposed Rachael for liking social media photos of her friends in culturally insensitive costumes and with Confederate flags.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 18 Sep. 2024
Self-Harm detection and prevention Case: AI systems may encounter users expressing signs of distress or crisis, where insensitive or poorly chosen responses could exacerbate the situation.
—Hamilton Mann, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Michaela Zee, Variety, 30 Nov. 2024
This new missive appears insensitive and is earning pushback.
—Michele Weldon, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov. 2024
Other TikTok users then exposed Rachael for liking social media photos of her friends in culturally insensitive costumes and with Confederate flags.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 18 Sep. 2024
Self-Harm detection and prevention Case: AI systems may encounter users expressing signs of distress or crisis, where insensitive or poorly chosen responses could exacerbate the situation.
—Hamilton Mann, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Their life is interrupted by the arrival of a group of pale, ghostly white lions, an outsider tribe of scavengers led by the ruthless Kiros (Mads Mikkelsen), looking to occupy and control this land.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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Storks Are Fascinating Beyond Their Brood Reducing Ways Despite their ruthless parenting, storks are fascinating creatures with other interesting traits.Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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My left thigh, nerve-damaged by the birth, remained numb.Anna Noyes, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2024
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But Trump’s team had long since grown numb to such critiques.James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
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Photo: No Ju-han/Netflix Season two picks up exactly where the first left off, as Gi-hun devises a plan: track down the organizers of the game and end that merciless contest once and for all.Radhika Seth, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
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Season 2 doesn’t top the shocking novelty of the first season, made iconic by that giant mechanical girl in charge of a merciless game of red light, green light.Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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The wallflower being bullied by the obnoxious rapper has a callous side.Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2024
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The details surrounding the callous nature of the shooting didn't change, but the context did.Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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The only problem was that Hunter was already sound asleep in the cot, and Morgan was cradling thin air.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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Charis Kai, a freshman, was nearly asleep when her resident adviser pounded on the door to her dorm room.Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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The worst one was emotionally abusive and ridiculously mean.Essence, Essence, 17 Dec. 2024
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Yet other experts say that blanket message may miss the world where many people live, facing life in a high-crime neighborhood or worried about an abusive former partner.John Diedrich, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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The author renders the four-year-old Margaret’s inner life with sensitive complexity, depicting an alert child logic that defies adults’ view of her as slow and unfeeling.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
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That’s because for decades, reptiles have been characterized as cold, unfeeling, and even primitive creatures.Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
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Sandoval has received some pay bumps, including a temporary $10,000-a-year bonus for Hawaii special education teachers designed to alleviate shortages in that and other hard-to-staff areas.Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
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Whether those numbers are an overstatement, or possibly an understatement, is hard to say.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
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“Insensitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insensitive. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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