Adjective

(en adjective)

Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.

tacit consent : consent by silence, or by not raising an objection

* 1983 , Stanley Rosen, Plato’s'' Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image , page 62:

He does this by way of a tacit reference to Homer.

* 2004 , Developing Democracy in Europe: An Analytical Summary (Lawrence Pratchett, ?Vivien Lowndes; ISBN 9287155798):

(logic) Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

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.