insensitive

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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

Over the years, “Here Lies Love” has been criticized as insensitive to the Filipino community in its perceived glamorization of Imelda and minimization of the atrocities committed by the Marcos regime.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Markets remain acutely insensitive to policy risks, which could be a major risk itself over the coming months.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

On social media, some questioned their actions and were criticised for being insensitive.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

It is something like the way Dame Nature gathers round a foreign body an envelope of some insensitive tissue which can protect from evil that which it would otherwise harm by contact.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker