insensible

Example Sentences

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Dying fish should also be given "a non-recoverable percussive blow to the head of the fish to render it immediately insensible".

From BBC

I call this process catastrophic gradualism: the small, almost insensible accumulation of evils, fairly minor in their individual character, but which when considered whole, inspire a pervasive feeling of dread.

From Salon

But the Cylinder Sling by Building Block flirts with such attitude without becoming rude or insensible.

From Los Angeles Times

"The Humane Methods of Slaughter Act, passed in 1958, requires all animals be 'rendered insensible to pain' before being shackled or killed — all animals except for poultry," she notes.

From Salon

I would just add one corrective, it wasn't just enslaved Black women, it was that all Black people were insensible to pain.

From Salon