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insensible

 adjective
     
in‧sen‧si‧ble formal
1 not knowing about something that could happen to you [= unaware]
insensible of
She remained insensible of the dangers that lay ahead.
2 unable to feel something or be affected by it
insensible to/of
insensible to the cold
3 literary not conscious:
He fell to the ground, insensible.
—insensibly adverb
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