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- adverb In an
insensitive manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an insensitive manner
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Examples
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Gareth, Polly Toynbee is the one who turned up on a TV news programme to criticise a BA employee for 'insensitively' wearing her small silver crucifix.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Gareth, Polly Toynbee is the one who turned up on a TV news programme to criticise a BA employee for 'insensitively' wearing her small silver crucifix.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Mbebe blamed sections of the media for "insensitively" connecting the cold-blooded murders to transformation issues at the centre of Netball SA.
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A development summit in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, due to be held on Thursday, was indefinitely postponed because a private sector consultant's report dealt "insensitively" with the provincial capital issue, local government and housing MEC Peter
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I wouldn't doubt it, but I wonder … Has the United States government ever sponsored a shady deal or acted "insensitively" towards other (lesser) players on the world stage in the interests of oil?
LewRockwell.com 2009
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As he mentioned Vaughn, he realized that Kira might not know what had happened to him, and that he might have insensitively revealed that to her.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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As he mentioned Vaughn, he realized that Kira might not know what had happened to him, and that he might have insensitively revealed that to her.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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As he mentioned Vaughn, he realized that Kira might not know what had happened to him, and that he might have insensitively revealed that to her.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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Most acknowledged why the police had to be involved, but sometimes they felt it was done insensitively.
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As he mentioned Vaughn, he realized that Kira might not know what had happened to him, and that he might have insensitively revealed that to her.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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