a. Not sentient; not having perception, or the power of perception; devoid of feeling, consciousness and animation; inanimate; as, insentient stone. Opposite of sentient. [ wns=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 ] |