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