insensitive
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Conservative MSP Stephen Kerr said Lowe's comments were "astonishingly insensitive and profoundly disrespectful to the victims of Dunblane".
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Was it an insensitive thing to say, in retrospect?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Therapists who question these frameworks learn to stay quiet in meetings rather than risk being seen as insensitive or out of step.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
It is naturally insensitive to polarization, highly stable, and allows waveguides to be written in three dimensions with minimal signal loss.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 24, 2026
But as for loving this insensitive person this mocking creature—it’s becoming more and more impossible every day!
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
Vocabulary lists containing insensitive
Out of My Mind
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