Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not sensitive; not keenly alive to impressions from external objects.
  • Wanting sense or perception.
  • noun One having no sense or perception.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not sensitive; wanting sense or perception; not easily affected.

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  • adjective Not sensitive; lacking sensory perception.

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  • adjective never having had security classification

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Examples

  • FBI spokesmen publicly sought to downplay the damage, saying the compromised commercial server -- maintained by AT&T -- was used exclusively for unclassified and "nonsensitive" communications that did not involve ongoing investigations.

    FBI COMPUTERS: YOU DON'T HAVE MAIL 2007

  • A World Bank official said the link with the IMF "involved nonpublic, nonsensitive information."

    IMF Mum on Details of Network Cyberattack Sudeep Reddy 2011

  • A World Bank official said the link with the IMF "involved nonpublic, nonsensitive information."

    IMF Mum on Details of Network Cyberattack Sudeep Reddy 2011

  • A World Bank official said Saturday the network link with the IMF "involved nonpublic, nonsensitive information and it was cut out of an abundance of caution."

    IMF Hit by Cyber Attack Sudeep Reddy 2011

  • A World Bank official said Saturday the network link with the IMF "involved nonpublic, nonsensitive information and it was cut out of an abundance of caution."

    IMF Hit by Cyber Attack Sudeep Reddy 2011

  • For U.S. investors, an existing threshold of A$953 million will remain for investments in nonsensitive sectors.

    Australia to Relax Review of Foreign Investments 2009

  • To make such a program work, Congress would need to direct agencies to cordon off a certain number of nonsensitive jobs -- such as mail room, janitorial or maintenance work -- for ex-offenders, he said.

    From the WSJ Opinion Archives James Taranto 2007

  • US gov't secrecy wastes money, erodes security, and locks up nonsensitive info

    Boing Boing: August 22, 2004 - August 28, 2004 Archives 2004

  • Sana shools appear to act on several different kinds of nerve endings at once, induce sensitivity to touch and cold in nerves that are ordinarily nonsensitive, and so perhaps cause a kind of general neurological confusion.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Sana shools appear to act on several different kinds of nerve endings at once, induce sensitivity to touch and cold in nerves that are ordinarily nonsensitive, and so perhaps cause a kind of general neurological confusion.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

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