undersensitive

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adjective

Insufficiently sensitive.

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Meanings

adjectiveundersensitive (comparative more undersensitive, superlative most undersensitive)

comparative more undersensitive · superlative most undersensitive

  1. Insufficiently sensitive.

    They remain oversensitive, continually recoiling from the world, or undersensitive, banging into things, duck-walking through the day as if not entirely aware of their surroundings.

    2007 June 5, Benedict Carey, “The Disorder Is Sensory; the Diagnosis, Elusive”, in New York Times

Origin

From under- + sensitive.

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APA

undersensitive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undersensitive

MLA

“undersensitive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undersensitive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undersensitive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undersensitive.

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