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insensitivities

insensitivities is the plural of insensitivity.

Meaning of insensitivity

Noun

insensitivity (usually uncountable, plural insensitivities)

  1. (usually) The condition of being insensitive
    • To make matters worse, you did not publish the news note until 5 days before the conference — even though we had submitted it enough in advance to have been included in the previous weeks' paper. This showed a great insensitivity to the fact that lesbians with children are often not very mobile or...1979 December 22, Gia Berkman, “Some Friction”, in Gay Community News, volume 2, number 22, page 4

Questions about insensitivities

What is insensitivities the plural of?
Insensitivities is the plural of insensitivity.

Words near insensitivities in the dictionary

  1. insensibly
  2. insensing
  3. insensitive
  4. insensitively
  5. insensitiveness
  6. insensitivities
  7. insensitivity
  8. insensuous
  9. insent
  10. insentience
  11. insentient

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