insensible
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No; never was thy pitying breast Insensible to human woes; Tender, though firm, it melts distrest For weaknesses it never knows.
From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by Beckford, William
Insensible as he was, Luke had not relinquished the hold he maintained of his mother's hand.
From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison
Insensible, in-sen′si-bl, adj. not having feeling: not susceptible of emotion: callous: dull: unconscious: imperceptible by the senses.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Insensible of that relaxed weight upon his cramped arm, this guilty wretch hardly can suppress a groan.
From Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Lee, Carson Jay
Insensible to all the attractions offered by the best society of the place, the time hung heavily upon Gertrudis.
From The Tiger Hunter by Reid, Mayne
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 7
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