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insentient

🇬🇧 UK/in'senʃiәnt/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Lacking consciousness, feeling, or animation; inanimate.

无知觉的,无生命的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
innot, opposite of
+
sentfeel, perceive, be aware
+
ientsuffix
=insentient

Common Collocations

  • 1.insentient matter无生命的物质
  • 2.insentient object无生命的物体
  • 3.[insentient] thing[无知觉的]东西

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    An insentient rock cannot feel pain or suffer any emotion.

  • 2.

    The insentient beings in the ecosystem serve important ecological roles.

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