- past participle of desensitize.
- past tense form of desensitize.
desensitized
Example Sentences
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Pepperstone strategist Michael Brown said markets appear to be “becoming increasingly desensitized to incoming geopolitical news flow” as the conflict drags on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Reactions to other recent reports have been muted as well, with investors seemingly desensitized to Nvidia’s big numbers.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 23, 2026
With true crime’s popularity dramatically increasing over the last 15 years, audiences have become increasingly desensitized.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025
Investors have become desensitized to risk as the 2008-09 financial crisis fades from memory, Block believes.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2025
Lawrence’s friendship with Neylan desensitized him to the moral quandary faced by members of the Rad Lab, especially its European-born scientists.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
