insensate

insensate
insensately, adv.insensateness, n.
/in sen"sayt, -sit/, adj.
1. not endowed with sensation; inanimate: insensate stone.
2. without human feeling or sensitivity; cold; cruel; brutal.
3. without sense, understanding, or judgment; foolish.
[1510-20; < LL insensatus irrational. See IN-3, SENSATE]
Syn. 1. lifeless, inorganic. 2. insensible. 3. stupid, irrational, senseless, witless, dumb.

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