make sth/sb insensitive

Frequency: 6.58.5 per million words

To cause something or someone to be unaffected by something.

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Examples (10)

  • Years of abuse had made him insensitive to others' suffering.
  • The new coating makes the material insensitive to extreme temperatures.
  • Repeated exposure to violence can make a person insensitive to human pain.
  • The specific design features make the sensor insensitive to magnetic interference.
  • His prolonged isolation began to make him insensitive to social cues.
  • This protective layer will make the delicate components insensitive to environmental changes.
  • Their critical remarks only made her insensitive to their opinions.
  • High levels of encryption make the data insensitive to external cyber threats.
  • The harsh conditions eventually made the explorer insensitive to the cold.
  • A dense outer casing can make the internal mechanism insensitive to physical shocks.