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The state or quality of being insensible; want of sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates.

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  1. n. The state or quality of being insensible; want of sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates.
  2. n. Want of tenderness or susceptibility of emotion or passion; dullness; stupidity.
  3. n. a lack of sensibility
  4. n. devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
  5. 1. The state or quality of being insensible; want of sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates. 2. Want of tenderness or susceptibility of emotion or passion; dullness; stupidity. Syn. -- Dullness; numbness; unfeelingness; stupidity; torpor; apathy; impassiveness; indifference.
  6. n:100 n. a lack of sensibility