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English
Etymology
From in- + sensitivity.
Noun
insensitivity (usually uncountable, plural insensitivities)
- The condition of being insensitive
1979 December 22, Gia Berkman, “Some Friction”, in Gay Community News, volume 2, number 22, page 4:To make matters worse, you did not publish the news note until 5 days before the conference — even though we had submitted it enough in advance to have been included in the previous weeks' paper. This showed a great insensitivity to the fact that lesbians with children are often not very mobile or flexible...We need that kind of advance notice in order to plan an all-day conference on a Saturday!
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condition of being insensitive