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Those who have Laron syndrome, also known as growth hormone insensitivity, are unable to use the growth hormone that their body makes.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

When adults appear in the background, intruding in the hackers’ bedrooms, they deflate the mood with their insensitivity.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

In early January, we suggested investors prepare for the iShares ETF to advance to record highs because precious metals were exhibiting a rare trading phenomenon: price insensitivity.

From Barron's Jan. 28, 2026

Who can make sense of that insensitivity, I wondered?

From Salon May 4, 2024

All of those theories are essentially ways of saying that the criminal is a personality type — a personality type distinguished by an insensitivity to the norms of normal society.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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