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blind spot |
a small area in the eye, where the optic nerve enters the retina, that is insensitive to light. [1/4 definitions] |
blunderbuss |
a stupid or insensitive person; one who blunders. [1/2 definitions] |
blunt |
slow to understand; dull of perception; insensitive. [1/5 definitions] |
boor |
a rough-mannered or insensitive person. [1/2 definitions] |
brute |
a cruel, unintelligent, or insensitive person. [1/5 definitions] |
callous |
insensitive; unfeeling; hardhearted. [1/4 definitions] |
deaden |
to make the nerves insensitive to. [1/3 definitions] |
ham-handed |
clumsy or indelicate, as using large awkward hands or an awkward, insensitive approach. |
harden |
to make insensitive or unfeeling. [2/6 definitions] |
impassive |
not having, showing, or responding to emotion; unfeeling, expressionless, or insensitive. [1/3 definitions] |
indurate |
insensitive or inured; callous. [1/6 definitions] |
jaded |
made hard or insensitive through unpleasant experience or lack of restraint in living; callous or dissipated. [1/3 definitions] |
obtuse |
not keen or quick to notice, feel, or comprehend; dull or insensitive. [1/3 definitions] |
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