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1 insensitiveness
insensitivity nouns, no pl.2) (unappreciativeness) Unempfindlichkeit, die (to für)insensitiveness to heat — Hitzeunempfindlichkeit, die
* * *1. Unempfindlichkeit f:insensitiveness to light Lichtunempfindlichkeit2. → academic.ru/38394/insensibility">insensibility 1, 3* * *insensitivity nouns, no pl.1) (lack of feeling) Gefühllosigkeit, die (to gegenüber)2) (unappreciativeness) Unempfindlichkeit, die (to für)3) (lack of physical sensitiveness) Unempfindlichkeit, die (to gegen)insensitiveness to heat — Hitzeunempfindlichkeit, die
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2 insensitivity
* * *in·sen·si·tiv·ity[ɪnˌsen(t)səˈtɪvəti, AM -ət̬i]n no pl* * *[In"sensI'tIvItɪ]n1) (= unfeeling/uncaring attitude) Gefühllosigkeit f (towards gegenüber); (of remark) Taktlosigkeit f; (of policy, action) Rücksichtslosigkeit fhis insensitivity to the reasons behind the demands — seine Verständnislosigkeit or sein Unverständnis für die Gründe, die hinter den Forderungen stehen
3) (physical) Unempfindlichkeit f (to gegen)* * *1. Unempfindlichkeit f:insensitiveness to light Lichtunempfindlichkeit2. → academic.ru/38394/insensibility">insensibility 1, 3* * *n.Gleichgültigkeit f.Unempfindlichkeit f. -
3 insensitive
[ɪn'sensətɪv]aggettivo [ person] (tactless) indelicato, privo di tatto; (unfeeling) insensibile (to a); [ remark] indelicato, inopportuno; [ attitude] insensibile, indifferente* * *[in'sensətiv]( with to)1) (not noticing or not sympathetic towards (eg others' feelings): He was insensitive to her grief.) insensibile2) ((with to) not feeling or not reacting to (touch, light etc): The dentist's injection numbed the nerves and made the tooth insensitive to the drill.) insensibile•* * *insensitive /ɪnˈsɛnsətɪv/a.insensibile; incapace di sentire; insensitivo ( raro): to be insensitive to beauty, esser insensibile alla bellezza● an insensitive remark, un'osservazione priva di tattoinsensitively avv. insensitiveness n. [u].* * *[ɪn'sensətɪv]aggettivo [ person] (tactless) indelicato, privo di tatto; (unfeeling) insensibile (to a); [ remark] indelicato, inopportuno; [ attitude] insensibile, indifferente
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