insensitivity

noun
🔊/ɪnˌsensəˈtɪvəti/
🔊/ɪnˌsensəˈtɪvəti/
[uncountable]
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  1. a lack of care for or awareness of how other people feel
    • racial/cultural insensitivity种族/文化不敏感
    • insensitivity to/towards somebody/something His comments demonstrate gross insensitivity to the minorities in London. 他的评论表明对伦敦的少数民族完全不敏感。
  2. insensitivity (to somebody/something) a lack of awareness of changing situations, and therefore of the need to react to them(对变化)懵然不知的,麻木不仁的
    • Centralizing innovative processes in parent firms only encourages insensitivity to differences in local markets. 在母公司中集中创新流程只会鼓励对本地市场差异不敏感。
  3. (medical医学) a lack of ability to react to a particular chemical or drug
    • insulin insensitivity胰岛素不敏感
  4. opposite sensitivity