insentient

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English

Etymology

From in- +‎ sentient.

Adjective

insentient (comparative more insentient, superlative most insentient)

  1. Having no consciousness or feeling; inanimate.
    • 1915, DH Lawrence, The Rainbow, Vintage 2011, p. 367:
      ver her flayed, exposed soul of a young girl who had gone open and warm to give herself to the children, there set a hard, insentient thing, that worked mechanically according to a system imposed.
  2. (rare) Insensitive, indifferent.

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