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Definition of "insentient" [in•sen•ti•ent]

  • Devoid of sensation or consciousness; inanimate. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "insentient" in a sentence
  • "Now it bound him with insentient fetters, walling his soul in darkness and silence, blocking it from the world which to him had been a riot of action."
  • "I'll submit these tickets I'm writing at the end of the day in a stack with all the tickets for the vehicles I find, numbered and insentient, poised illegally."
  • "Another option is to install Switcher ([insentient. net]) and activate the mouse shortcut."