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Comparative for without one's mental faculties, typically as a result of injury or intoxication
“Apparently, he is a rather high-level alcoholic, insensible between takes, though perfectly clear when required on cam.”
Comparative for inanimate, having no sentience or organic consciousness
“It may be aptly signified by the insensible objects of the vegetable world.”
Comparative for unaware of, or oblivious to, something
“Peter Bell is a potter, a lawless, roving man, insensible to the beauty of nature.”
Comparative for indifferent or apathetic to (something)
“Her outstanding flaw is the ability to be totally insensible to the feelings of others.”
Comparative for too small or gradual to be perceived
“We then turn our attention to the insensible changes in the relative level of land and sea which take place in countries remote from volcanos.”
Comparative for done or acting in an indifferent or apathetic manner
“It is not as though the school is insensible to the issues that have been raised by parents.”
Comparative for distasteful, crass or vulgar in nature
“There was little hope of softening the obstinate and insensible brute in whose power she was placed.”
Comparative for not scholarly or educated
Comparative for having a naive or unsuspecting nature
Comparative for disposed to oblivion, lacking clarity or focus, immersed in reverie
Comparative for extremely lethargic or sleepy
Comparative for under the influence of drugs
Comparative for not in full control of one's faculties
Comparative for separated from the body, or not having a physical body
Comparative for partly or wholly incapable of movement, especially due to injury or debilitation
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