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Insensitive Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Insensitive has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

not responsive to physical stimuli

"insensitive to radiation"

2

deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive

"insensitive to the needs of the patients"

3

Expressing or feeling little or no concern, care, compassion, or consideration for the feelings, emotions, sentiments, or concerns of other people; inconsiderate or incompassionate

"His insensitive comment about her recent loss made everyone at the party feel uncomfortable."

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Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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