insensitively

Examples

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• I'm so sorry they chose to insensitively record his premature death in that manner.

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• So I'm going to bow out of this discussion, and again, apologize for any negative feelings I might've inadvertently caused by being insensitively glib.

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• Remember you told me to tell you when you were acting rudely and insensitively?

  WarGames (1983)

• But it is also true that photography done insensitively has a message as well.

  Academic text (2006)

• I insensitively joked that it's not the worst addiction someone could have, upon which my politically correct father very quickly corrected me.

  Blog text (9)

• There is another context in which we need to take note of McElderry's and Ronaldson's remarks, which seem so insensitively and stereotypically male.

  Academic text (2000)

• As a woman who would rather spend her Valentine's Day with another woman than with a man, I did find the article a touch insensitively heteronormative, but not offensively so.

  Blog text (25)

• My prediction may have been insensitively timed, but it was firmly based on clear trends toward public and legal acceptance of homosexuals in the United States.

  Academic text (2011)

• Season one winner Paul Potts was rather insensitively described by that same judge as "a lump of coal," clearly no indication of his (what she went on to call) "diamond"-like talent: Potts has gone on to sell upwards of four million copies of his debut opera album.

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• He spoke insensitively about her personal struggles, not realizing how much it hurt her.

Synonyms

C

crassly

vsinsensitively

• Offensive

1 7.8

In a way that shows no care for other people's feelings

is about missing emotional care rather than coarse bluntness

I

inconsiderately

vsinsensitively

1 6.5

Without thinking about other people's feelings

is about lacking emotional sensitivity toward feelings and needs

I

indelicately

vsinsensitively

1 6.5

In a way that is not careful about other people's feelings and can embarrass them

is about emotional insensitivity rather than mere lack of tact

U

uncharitably

vsinsensitively

1 6.8

In a harsh and unkind way toward other people

focuses on lack of kindness or generosity more than feeling insensitivity

I

impolitely

vsinsensitively

1 4.2

In a rude way that shows little respect for others

is about lacking emotional sensitivity rather than bad manners

I

insolently

vsinsensitively

1 7.6

In a rude way that shows no respect for people in charge

is about unfeeling behaviour rather than showing bold disrespect

U

unsympathetically

vsinsensitively

1 6.6

Without showing care for someone's feelings

covers general insensitivity to feelings and practical needs

Antonyms

T

thoughtfully

43 3.7

In a careful way that shows you pay attention before deciding

S

sensitively

5 4.2

In a way that shows care for other people's feelings and needs

How Sensitive

sensitively

5 4.2

tactfully

4 4.4

insensitively

1 6.1

thoughtlessly

3 4.9

callously

7 7.7

Surface Forms

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Etymology