- 1[not before noun] insensible (to something) unable to feel something or react to it insensible to pain/cold
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- 2[not before noun] insensible (of something) not aware of a situation or of something that might happen synonym unaware They were not insensible of the risks. opposite sensible
- 3unconscious as the result of injury, illness, etc. The blow knocked him insensible.
NAmE//ɪnˈsɛnsəbli//
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