sensitive
IPA: sˈɛnsʌtɪv
noun
- A person with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.
adjective
- Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
- Responsive to stimuli.
- (of a person) Easily offended, upset, or hurt.
- (of an issue, topic, etc.) Capable of offending, upsetting, or hurting.
- Meant to be concealed or kept secret.
- Being aware of the feelings of others and taking care not to offend them.
- Important, intricate, and requiring great delicacy.
- (of an instrument) Accurate; able to register small changes in some property.
- (archaic) Having paranormal abilities that can be controlled through mesmerism.
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Examples of "sensitive" in Sentences
- The dog is sensitive to tinkle.
- He's a sensitive and fragile guy.
- The dialogue is sensitive and agile.
- He has a sensitive feeling about her.
- It's not our job to coddle the sensitive.
- I feel extremely sensitive about the matter of nepotism.
- They are basically going through what they call sensitive site exploitation.
- Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan on Friday as planned to discuss what he described as sensitive matters.
- But, nonetheless, I'm sure that there are many stupid people who believe that the word sensitive translates into sissy.
- I probably wouldn't use the word sensitive, but it's certainly something you have to watch the most in terms of where it goes over time.
- Off the site that night, and through the next day, we did what they call sensitive site exploitation, and we did pick up quite a bit of stuff out of the house, the safe house there.
- We have them at what we call sensitive locations, the places that you might think somebody might want to do something with, and then we also have them at the entrances and exits to the city, so that we can have checkpoints, and at the airport.
- Strictly speaking, the glands ought to be called irritable, as the term sensitive generally implies consciousness; but no one supposes that the Sensitive-plant is conscious, and as I have found the term convenient, I shall use it without scruple.
- We've also organized some units to do this and embedded in other units, for example within some of our Special Operations units and some of our forward-operating units, the ability to do what we call sensitive site exploitation, the ability to go into a place, to examine it in detail with the right knowledge, with the right equipment, related to weapons of mass destruction.
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