Definitions of insensitiveness
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the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
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synonyms:
insensitivity
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Antonyms:
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sensitiveness, sensitivity
the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
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types:
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crassitude, crassness
the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement
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tin ear
insensitivity to the appropriateness or subtlety of language
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callosity, callousness, hardness, insensibility, unfeelingness
the trait of being devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
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unperceptiveness
the lack of insight and sympathetic understanding
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unkindness
lack of sympathy
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dullness
lack of sensibility
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unhelpfulness
an inability to be helpful
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inconsiderateness, inconsideration, thoughtlessness
the quality of failing to be considerate of others
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sensitiveness, sensitivity
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