insensitizing

[US]/[ˌɪnsɛnˈsaɪzɪŋ]/
[UK]/[ˌɪnsɛnˈsaɪzɪŋ]/

Translation

v. (used as n.)To make less sensitive; to reduce sensitivity to something.
adj.Reducing or tending to reduce sensitivity.
v. (-ized, -izing, -izes)To render insensitive.

Phrases & Collocations

insensitizing effect

insensitizing media

insensitizing process

insensitizing people

being insensitizing

highly insensitizing

insensitizing content

insensitizing experience

insensitizing influence

further insensitizing

Example Sentences

the constant exposure to violence can be insensitizing to young people.

we need to be careful not to become insensitizing to the suffering of others.

the repetitive nature of the task was insensitizing and monotonous.

his insensitizing comments at the funeral were deeply inappropriate.

the news reports were so graphic they risked insensitizing viewers.

she worried about the potential for insensitizing her children to poverty.

the constant criticism can be insensitizing and demoralizing to employees.

it's important to remain empathetic and avoid becoming insensitizing to their struggles.

the media's focus on sensationalism can be insensitizing to real issues.

we must avoid insensitizing ourselves to the plight of refugees.

the experience, while traumatic, didn't insensitizing her to the value of life.

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