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
Yes, it’s fairly sentimental insofar as it dwells on how feelings color the world, but it’s not insensible to the gaps that feelings alone can’t fill.
From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2021
Lying insensible in the hospital, Hwang imagines a big, brash, classic American-style musical, replete with high-kicking chorus lines and bright harmonies.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2019
A week later, the telegraph lines clattered with news of Lincoln’s assassination at Ford’s Theatre in Washington and the chilling way it was put into words by Stanton: “The president continues insensible and is sinking.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2016
Lying in his hammock, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was insensible to the pleas for clemency.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 7
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