insensate

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪnˈsɛnseɪt/ UK /ɪnˈsɛnseɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adj
lacking physical sensation or feeling; unfeeling

He lay insensate on the floor after the heavy fall.

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Synonyms

1 adj · lacking physical sensation... unfeeling insentient numb unconscious senseless inanimate

Opposites

sentient sensate feeling conscious

Word family

Derived forms insensately

Related forms sense sensate sentient insensible

Etymology

From Late Latin insensatus ('irrational, senseless'), from in- ('not') + sensatus ('endowed with sense'), from sensus ('sense, feeling'), from sentire ('to feel, perceive').

in- Latin sentire Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# insensate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈsɛnseɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈsɛnseɪt/

## Meanings
1. lacking physical sensation or feeling; unfeeling

## Examples
- He lay insensate on the floor after the heavy fall.

## Synonyms
- unfeeling
- insentient
- numb
- unconscious
- senseless
- inanimate

## Antonyms
- sentient
- sensate
- feeling
- conscious

## Derived Forms
- insensately

## Related Forms
- sense
- sensate
- sentient
- insensible

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: in-
- Root: sentire

## Etymology
From Late Latin insensatus ('irrational, senseless'), from in- ('not') + sensatus ('endowed with sense'), from sensus ('sense, feeling'), from sentire ('to feel, perceive').

## AI Etymology
Insensate is from Late Latin insensatus ('irrational, senseless'), from in- ('not') + sensatus ('endowed with sense'), from sensus ('sense, feeling'), from sentire ('to feel, perceive'). Important recorded forms include in- (Latin) and sentire (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers lacking physical sensation or feeling; unfeeling. The wider family includes derived forms such as insensately and related words such as sense, sensate, sentient, and insensible.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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