insensate.

1. Unable to feel or perceive, or apparently devoid of awareness.

2. So uncontrolled or unreasoning that judgment seems absent.

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Words that belong together

• insensate body
• insensate matter

On the page

Her hand hung insensate after the injury.

He addressed the insensate stone as though it could answer.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Comparative: more insensate; superlative: most insensate, where gradation is intended. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.