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insensitively

insensitively

1 6.1
In a way that does not think about other people's feelings
  • adverb
  • /ɪnˈsɛnsɪtɪvli/
translation icon : insensiblemente
  • It is like folks insensitively throwing around the term "retarded."
  • behaved insensitively
  • so insensitively

Examples

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

    Blog text (20)
  • 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.

    Blog text (30)
  • Remember you told me to tell you when you were acting rudely and insensitively?

  • 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.

    Blog text (28)
  • He spoke insensitively about her personal struggles, not realizing how much it hurt her.

Synonyms

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
inconsiderately
vsinsensitively
1 6.5

Without thinking about other people's feelings

is about lacking emotional sensitivity toward feelings and needs
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
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
impolitely
vsinsensitively
1 4.2

In a rude way that shows little respect for others

is about lacking emotional sensitivity rather than bad manners
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
unsympathetically
vsinsensitively
1 6.6

Without showing care for someone's feelings

covers general insensitivity to feelings and practical needs

Antonyms

43 3.7

In a careful way that shows you pay attention before deciding

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
callously
7 7.7

Surface Forms

insensitively positive
insensitivelyer comparative
insensitivelyest superlative

Morphology

insensitively = insensitive (transparent) = in + sensitive + ly

The adverb is formed regularly from the adjective 'insensitive' with '-ly' and keeps the same core meaning.

Etymology

The word insensitively starts with in- meaning 'not', uses sensitive which is related to sense meaning 'to feel', and ends with -ly to show how something is done. So, insensitively means doing something 'not feeling' other people's feelings, or acting without care for them.