Todays word: insensitive
adjective
1 DISAPPROVING (of a person or their behaviour) not aware of or showing sympathy for other people's feelings, or refusing to give importance to something:
It was a bit insensitive of Fiona to go on so much about fat people when she knows Mandy is desperate to lose weight.
The police have been criticized for being insensitive to complaints from the public.
2 SPECIALIZED not showing the effect of something as a reaction to it, or unable to feel something:
The protective covering must be insensitive to light and heat.
His feet seem to be insensitive to pain.
1 DISAPPROVING (of a person or their behaviour) not aware of or showing sympathy for other people's feelings, or refusing to give importance to something:
It was a bit insensitive of Fiona to go on so much about fat people when she knows Mandy is desperate to lose weight.
The police have been criticized for being insensitive to complaints from the public.
2 SPECIALIZED not showing the effect of something as a reaction to it, or unable to feel something:
The protective covering must be insensitive to light and heat.
His feet seem to be insensitive to pain.
posted by Annika @ 3:40 AM
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