Adjective

(en adjective)

Unable to be perceived by the senses.

* Sir Thomas Browne

Two small and almost insensible pricks were found upon Cleopatra's arm.

* Dryden

They fall away, / And languish with insensible decay.

Incapable or deprived of physical sensation.

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Unable to be understood; unintelligible.

Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.

* Sir M. Hale

If it make the indictment be insensible or uncertain, it shall be quashed.

Incapable of mental feeling; indifferent.

* Dryden

Lost in their loves, insensible of shame.

* Sir H. Wotton

Accept an obligation without being a slave to the giver, or insensible to his kindness.

* 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice , Modern Library Edition (1995), page 138

In spite of her deep-rooted dislike, she could not be insensible to the compliment of such a man's affection...

Incapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Not perceptible, not detectable, too small in magnitude to be observed.

We all missed the imperceptible shake of his head as he tried to warn us without being seen.