nonsentient

Examples

• All

• Nonsentient organisms, like plants, do not have the ability to perceive their environment consciously.

• What became of my nonsentient bits I cannot tell.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The problem with excessive use of isolation is that economics boils down to an optimization problem that could be equally suited for a lone nonsentient mechanism or non-reproducing organism.

  Blog text (29)

• A machine is considered nonsentient because it cannot think or feel like a human being.

• In science fiction, many robots are depicted as nonsentient beings that follow programmed instructions.

Synonyms

U

unconscious

vsnonsentient

243 4.2

Not awake and not able to respond to people or things

describes permanent incapacity for feeling, perception, or consciousness rather than a state

M

mindless

vsnonsentient

• Offensive

20 4.7

Having no ability to think or be aware

focuses on lacking feeling and perception rather than only thinking

S

senseless

vsnonsentient

15 4.2

Unconscious and unable to feel or respond

means incapable of feeling or awareness rather than a temporary state

I

insensible

vsnonsentient

1 7.5

Unconscious and unable to feel pain or touch

covers lack of any consciousness or perception beyond just physical feeling

I

insentient

vsnonsentient

• Specialized

1 9.9

Unable to feel or be aware of things

is the same meaning but exists as an alternative form of the word

N

nonliving

vsnonsentient

3.9

Not alive and does not grow or breathe

is about lacking capacity for feeling or awareness, not just life status

Antonyms

S

sentient

37 7.9

Able to feel or notice things around it

How Sentient

self-aware

10 5.2

conscious

179 3.8

sentient

37 7.9

nonsentient

1 9.0

inanimate

11 5.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology