insentient

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

insentient

adjective more insentient · most insentient

Having no consciousness or feeling; inanimate. [O]ver her flayed, exposed soul of a young girl who had gone open and warm to give herself to the children, there set a hard, insentient thing, that worked mechanically according to a system imposed.
rare Insensitive, indifferent. His thought is tied, the curving prow / Of motion moored to rock; / And minutes burst upon a brow / Insentient to shock.

Translations

Every language

adj having no consciousness or animation

हिन्दी	अचेतन acetan

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"insentient." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/insentient. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

insentient. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/insentient

Chicago

"insentient." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/insentient.

BibTeX

@misc{insentient_2026,
  title = {insentient},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/insentient},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}