undersensitive
Lacking normal sensitivity
Undersensitive means insufficiently responsive to stimuli, signals, or other people's feelings.
An undersensitive smoke detector fails to trigger when it should.
Someone undersensitive to social cues misses hints that others pick up easily.
The thermostat was undersensitive and let the room get too cold before kicking on.
The opposite of oversensitive.
Without feeling or concern
- indifferentLacking interest or concern
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- unmovedNot stirred physically/emotionally
unconcerned · dispassionate · emotionless · cold · aloof · unemotional · callous · hardened
Lacking physical sensation
- desensitizedMade unresponsive through overexposure
- insensateLacking sensation or consciousness
- anesthetizedMade numb for surgery
- deadenedMade less intense
dulled · blunted · nonreactive · unfeeling · impervious · thick-skinned · calloused · unreceptive
Not set to standard
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
- nonreactiveChemically inactive substance
- inaccurateNot correct or precise
- impreciseLacking exactness or accuracy
sluggish · dampened · attenuated · miscalibrated · unreliable · faulty · dull
Unemotionally calm, slow-reacting
- stoicUncomplaining endurer of hardship
- impassiveWithout visible emotion
- stolidUnemotional and calm
- imperturbableIncapable of being upset
placid · unflappable · unexcitable · composed · equanimous · even-tempered · unfazed · cool
apathetic
Without feeling or concern
- indifferentLacking interest or concern
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
- detachedApart or uninvolved
unmoved · unconcerned · dispassionate · emotionless · cold · aloof · unemotional · callous · hardened · thick-skinned
numb
Lacking physical sensation
- desensitizedMade unresponsive through overexposure
- insensateLacking sensation or consciousness
- anesthetizedMade numb for surgery
deadened · dulled · blunted · nonreactive · unfeeling · impervious · thick-skinned · calloused · unreceptive · obtuse
uncalibrated
Not set to standard
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
- nonreactiveChemically inactive substance
- inaccurateNot correct or precise
imprecise · sluggish · dampened · attenuated · miscalibrated · unreliable · faulty · dull
phlegmatic
Unemotionally calm, slow-reacting
imperturbable · placid · unflappable · unexcitable · composed · equanimous · even-tempered · unfazed · cool · collected
undersensitivehypersensitive
Excessively reactive to stimuli
oversensitive · supersensitive · sensitive · ultrasensitive · thin-skinned
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