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insentient
CIDE DICTIONARY
insentient, a.
- Not sentient; not having perception, or the power of perception; devoid of feeling, consciousness and animation; inanimate; as, insentient stone. Opposite of
sentient . [1913 Webster]"The . . . attributes of an insentient, inert substance." [1913 Webster]"But there can be nothing like to this sensation in the rose, because it is insentient." [1913 Webster] - incapable of sensation. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
insentient
abiotic, asleep, azoic, benumbed, callous, dead, deadened, dull, dumb, exanimate, impassible, impassive, imperceptive, impercipient, inanimate, inanimated, inert, insensate, insensible, insensitive, lifeless, mute, nonconscious, nonliving, numb, numbed, obdurate, obtuse, senseless, soulless, thick-skinned, thick-witted, unanimated, unconscious, unfeeling, unfelt, unimpressible, unimpressionable, unperceptive, unresponsive, unsusceptibleFor further exploring for "insentient" in Webster Dictionary Online