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Definition of "highly sensitive" []

  • Readily affected by various agents (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "highly sensitive" in a sentence
  • "It is, however, probable that primeval man before he had acquired much moral sensitiveness would have been highly sensitive about his personal appearance, at least in reference to the other sex, and he would consequently have felt distress at any depreciatory remarks about his appearance; and this is one form of shame."
  • "This highly sensitive state secret came from Premier Deng Jiaming."
  • "As part of its work, the research team used a highly sensitive technique that relied on something called a polymerase chain reaction PCR."
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