Unable to be perceived by the senses.
Two small and almost insensible pricks were found upon Cleopatra's arm.
Incapable or deprived of physical sensation.
“[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared.[…]”
Unable to be understood; unintelligible.
From Middle English insensible, from Old French insensible, from Late Latin īnsēnsibilis.
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