'Insentient' definitions:

Definition of 'insentient'

From: WordNet
adjective
Devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation; "insentient (or insensate) stone" [syn: insentient, insensate] [ant: animate, sentient]

Definition of 'Insentient'

From: GCIDE
  • Insentient \In*sen"ti*ent\, a. Not sentient; not having perception, or the power of perception; devoid of feeling, consciousness and animation; inanimate; as, insentient stone. Opposite of sentient. [WordNet sense 1+3]
  • Syn: inanimate, insensate. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  • The . . . attributes of an insentient, inert substance. --Reid. [1913 Webster]
  • But there can be nothing like to this sensation in the rose, because it is insentient. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. incapable of sensation.
  • Syn: insensate, insensible. [WordNet 1.5]

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