Hypertext Webster Gateway: "insensate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Insensate \In*sen"sate\, a. [L. insensatus. See {In-} not, and
{Sensate}.]
Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish.
The silence and the calm Of mute, insensate things.
--Wordsworth.
The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen.
--Buckle.
-- {In*sen"sate*ly}, adv. -- {In*sen"sate*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
insensate
adj 1: devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation;
"insentient (or insensate) stone" [syn: {insentient}]
[ant: {sentient}]
2: without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood";
"cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" [syn: {cold},
{cold-blooded}, {inhuman}]
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