Vocabulary
Insensitive
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
showing or feeling no concern for others’ feelings.
Urdu meaning
بے حس، بے ذوق، کورا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Rampant deforestation that has denuded mountains of their green cover, increased obstructions on waterways that impede natural flows and climate-insensitive infrastructure are the root cause of the havoc.
- Foreign funds are not insensitive to the larger political and economic ecosystem.
- In such a patriarchal society, women survivors are reluctant to report cases in hostile, gender-insensitive police stations or file a case in court.
- IN these times, when the protesters of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) are demanding fundamental rights in Balochistan, it may appear insensitive to discuss the province`s mineral resources.
- That the Hafizabad and Nankana Sahib police were more interested in washing their hands of the case than helping the hapless victim shows how insensitive our law-enforcement agencies have grown to such harrowing crimes against women.
Synonyms
heartless, unfeeling, inconsiderate, thoughtless, thick-skinned, hard-hearted, stony-hearted
Antonyms
sensitive, compassionate
Curator example
“an insensitive remark”
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