Definition of insensate Insensate
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We found 10 definitions of insensate from 4 different sources.
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What does insensate mean?
WordNet
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| insensate - devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation; "insentient (or insensate) stone" | ||
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| sentient, animate endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence | ||
| insensate - without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" | ||
| cold, cold-blooded, inhuman | ||
| inhumane lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- insensate (Noun)
One who is insensate. - insensate (Verb)
To render insensate; to deprive of sensation or consciousness. - insensate (Adjective)
Having no sensation or consciousness; unconscious; inanimate. - insensate (Adjective)
Senseless; foolish; irrational. - insensate (Adjective)
Unfeeling, heartless, cruel, insensitive. - insensate (Adjective)
Not responsive to sensory stimuli.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- insensate (a.)
Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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insensate
in-sen′sāt, adj. void of sense: wanting sensibility: stupid.—n. Insen′sateness, the state of being insensate or destitute of sense: insensibility. [L. insensātus—in, not, sensatus—sensus, feeling.]
