Synonyms for insensitive
ɪnˈsɛn sɪ tɪvin·sen·si·tive

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1. insensitiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   unaffected

2. insensitiveadjective

   Not having normal physical feeling

   Synonyms:
   unaffected

3. insensitiveadjective

   Not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic

   Synonyms:
   unaffected

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1. insensitiveadjective

   not responsive to physical stimuli

   "insensitive to radiation"

   Antonyms:
   highly sensitive, thin-skinned, radiosensitive, irritable, responsive, light-sensitive, photosensitive, alive(p), sensitive, excitable, erogenous, delicate, feisty, oversensitive, nociceptive, touchy, huffy, reactive

2. insensitiveadjective

   deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive

   "insensitive to the needs of the patients"

   Antonyms:
   photosensitive, touchy, light-sensitive, delicate, responsive, excitable, irritable, huffy, nociceptive, thin-skinned, reactive, sensitive, radiosensitive, oversensitive, highly sensitive, feisty, erogenous, alive(p)

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1. List of paraphrases for "insensitive":

   impervious, unresponsive, callous, numb, indelicate, unsympathetic, indifferent, uncaring, heartless, cold-hearted, unmoved, oblivious, fearless

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1. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson:

   In an attempt to protect all of our defenses, we used words and we phrased things in such a way that was very insensitive to the tragedy in general, the family and the victim in particular.

2. Bill Murray:

   You know what I always thought was funny as a little kid isn't necessarily the same as what's funny now. Things change and the times change, so it's important for me to figure it out, i think the most important thing is that it's best for the other person. I thought about and that it's not best for the other person, doesn't matter what happens for me. And that gave me a great deal of comfort and relaxation because your brain doesn't operate well when you're in the unknown, when you're thinking like,' well, how can I be so... how can I misperceive ? How can I be so inaccurate and so insensitive,' when you think you're being sensitive to some sensibility that you've had for a long time.

3. Shari Runner:

   Critics quickly called him out for what they dubbed tone-deaf comments, in which he seemed to be blaming the victims. Shari Runner, former president and CEO of the Chicago Urban League, deemed the remarks insensitive. I can not see the victims of racist policies and bigoted practices shamed by anyone who says they need to do better or be better in their circumstance. I wo n’t accept it, i think for the mayor to make a generalization about a community is more than just misspoken, Kwame Raoul said, it's outright wrong.

4. Lois Lerner:

   That was wrong, that was absolutely incorrect, it was insensitive and it was inappropriate. ... The IRS would like to apologize for that.

5. Rashida Tlaib:

   Just because someone has a person of color, a black person working for them, does not mean they aren't racist, and it is insensitive that some would even say -- the fact that someone would actually use a prop, a black woman in this chamber, in House Oversight Committee, is alone racist in itself.