Definitions for insensate
ɪnˈsɛn seɪt, -sɪtin·sen·sate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. insentient, insensateadjective

   devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation

   "insentient (or insensate) stone"

2. cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensateadjective

   without compunction or human feeling

   "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. insensatenoun

   One who is insensate.

2. insensateverb

   To render insensate; to deprive of sensation or consciousness

3. insensateadjective

   Having no sensation or consciousness; unconscious; inanimate.

4. insensateadjective

   Senseless; foolish; irrational.

5. insensateadjective

   Unfeeling, heartless, cruel, insensitive.

6. insensateadjective

   Not responsive to sensory stimuli.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Insensateadjective

   Stupid; wanting thought; wanting sensibility.

   Etymology: insense, French; insensato, Italian.

   Ye be reprobates; obdurate insensate creatures. Henry Hammond.

   So fond are mortal men,
   As their own ruin on themselves t' invite,
   Insensate left, or to sense reprobate,
   And with blindness internal struck. John Milton, Agonistes.

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1. insensate

   Insensate generally refers to a lack of physical sensation or awareness. It can also mean lacking sympathy or compassion; unfeeling. In other context, it can refer to being unconscious or inanimate.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Insensateadjective

   wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish

2. Etymology: [L. insensatus. See In- not, and Sensate.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Insensate

   in-sen′sāt, adj. void of sense: wanting sensibility: stupid.—n. Insen′sateness, the state of being insensate or destitute of sense: insensibility. [L. insensātus—in, not, sensatus—sensus, feeling.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of insensate in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of insensate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of insensate in a Sentence

1. Robert Dunham:

   No improvement in the protocol will address the fact that midazolam is an inappropriate drug to use in executions, midazolam is not capable of knocking somebody out and keeping them insensate during the period in which other drugs are administered.

2. Oklahoma Attorney General John O'Connor:

   Midazolam, as The State has repeatedly shown,' can be relied upon... to render the inmate insensate to pain,'.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=insensate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Insensate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=insensate
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insensate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=insensate
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=insensate