insensitive

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

in·sensi·tive BrE [ɪnˈsensətɪv] NAmE [ɪnˈsensətɪv] adjective
1. not realizing or caring how other people feel, and therefore likely to hurt or offend them
Syn: ↑unsympathetic
•an insensitive remark
•~ to sth She's completely insensitive to my feelings.
2. ~ (to sth) not aware of changing situations, and therefore of the need to react to them
•The government seems totally insensitive to the mood of the country.
3. ~ (to sth) not able to feel or react to sth
•insensitive to pain/cold
•He seems completely insensitive to criticism.
Opp: ↑sensitive
Derived Words: ↑insensitively ▪ ↑insensitivity

Thesaurus:
insensitive adj.
•It was a really insensitive thing to say.
thoughtless • • unsympathetic • • uncaring • • tactless • • inconsiderate • |written unthinking •
Opp: sensitive
insensitive/unsympathetic to sb/sth
a/an insensitive/thoughtless/tactless remark
an unsympathetic/uncaring/inconsiderate attitude

Example Bank:
•It may sound insensitive, but I don't understand why he's so upset.
•Its physical properties are relatively insensitive to pressure changes.
•The decision to serve pork was culturally insensitive.
•The device renders the system insensitive to vibration.
•The machine is relatively insensitive to changes in the atmosphere.
•Years of abuse at boarding school had made him insensitive to others' suffering.
•Years of abuse had made him insensitive to others' suffering.
•It was a really insensitive thing to say.
•Many of the institutions were insensitive to the needs of their patients.
•She described their actions as callous and insensitive.
•Surely he couldn't be so insensitive?
•The timing of the announcement seems particularly insensitive.


Example Bank:
•The government has shown complete insensitivity to the refugees.
•This was a shocking demonstration of racial insensitivity.