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undersensitive en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From under- + sensitive.

Meanings

  1. Insufficiently sensitive.
    • They remain oversensitive, continually recoiling from the world, or undersensitive, banging into things, duck-walking through the day as if not entirely aware of their surroundings. 2007 June 5, Benedict Carey, “The Disorder Is Sensory; the Diagnosis, Elusive”, in New York Times:

Forms

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most undersensitive Degree=Sup lexicographic
more undersensitive Degree=Cmp lexicographic