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French
Etymology
From in- + sensé.
Pronunciation
Adjective
insensé (feminine insensée, masculine plural insensés, feminine plural insensées)
- insane, crazy
1959, Jacques Brel (lyrics and music), “Ne me quitte pas”:Je t’inventerai des mots insensés / Que tu comprendras- I'll make up crazy words / That you'll understand
- mindless, meaningless
- Synonym: absurde
- (colloquial) phenomenal
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