insensible
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I call this process catastrophic gradualism: the small, almost insensible accumulation of evils, fairly minor in their individual character, but which when considered whole, inspire a pervasive feeling of dread.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2025
But the Cylinder Sling by Building Block flirts with such attitude without becoming rude or insensible.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2024
The car is a dark conglomerate of metal, glass, and plastic, as inanimate and insensible as a stone.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 4, 2019
One sensible reaction to living in an insensible world is to create a world of your own, and that’s exactly what we heard on many of the year’s best recordings.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2015
Lying in his hammock, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was insensible to the pleas for clemency.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vocabulary lists containing insensible
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 7
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 3
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