insular
Example Sentences
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“We were extremely inconsiderate, insular and uncommunicative with each other that things like that always spilled on the sidelines,” the drummer said on the podcast.
From Los Angeles Times
Warsh has described the Fed as insular and committed to outdated economic models.
From Barron's
Inside the company, they’ve been both a source of pride for their creative genius and frustration due to their insular culture and budget-busting spending.
“He was quiet, insular and not exactly blessed with social skills,” Mr. Corera writes.
From a scientific perspective, warm social contact activates specialised C-tactile afferents and temperature-sensitive pathways that send signals to the insular cortex.
From Science Daily
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