insensible
/ɪnˈsɛns.ɪ.bəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.10 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Unable to be understood; unintelligible.
adj
Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.
adj
Example Sentences
- "an insensible shift in emphasis"
- "Two small and almost insensible pricks were found upon Cleopatra's arm."
- "They fall away, / And languish with insensible decay."
- "“[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared.[…]”"
- "The Leicester Daily Mercury reflected on how these concerns were the result of changing ways of getting around: "It might sound a bit crazy or just a little revolting that at Christmas works parties, some should drink themselves into a near-insensible state... This was not serious when they used public transport, but today more men and women use their own cars.""
- "If it make the indictment be insensible or uncertain, […]it shall be quashed."
Etymology
From Middle English insensible, from Old French insensible, from Late Latin īnsēnsibilis.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: insensible, īnsēnsibilis
Inflected Forms
more insensible (comparative)
most insensible (superlative)