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Sensible vs. Unsensible — What's the Difference?

Sensible vs. Unsensible — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Sensible and Unsensible

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Sensible

Acting with or exhibiting good judgment; reasonable
A sensible person.
A sensible choice.

Unsensible

Not sensible; silly, foolish.

Sensible

Not ornate or impractical
A sensible hairdo.
Sensible shoes.

Unsensible

That cannot be sensed; imperceptible.

Sensible

Having a perception of something; cognizant
"I am sensible that a good deal more is still to be done" (Edmund Burke).
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Unsensible

Out of one's senses; unconscious.

Sensible

Perceptible or appreciable by the senses or by the mind
A sensible difference in temperature.

Unsensible

Insensible.

Sensible

Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason, or reflecting such ability.

Sensible

Characterized more by usefulness, practicality, or comfort than by attractiveness, formality, or fashionableness, especially of clothing.
I only wear high heels on formal occasions; otherwise, I prefer sensible shoes.

Sensible

Able to be sensed by the senses or the psyche; able to be perceived.

Sensible

(archaic) Able to feel or perceive.

Sensible

(archaic) Liable to external impression; easily affected; sensitive.
A sensible thermometer

Sensible

(archaic) Of or pertaining to the senses; sensory.

Sensible

(archaic) Cognizant; having the perception of something; aware of something.

Sensible

(obsolete) Sensation; sensibility.

Sensible

(obsolete) That which impresses itself on the senses; anything perceptible.

Sensible

(obsolete) That which has sensibility; a sensitive being.

Sensible

Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or understanding; heat; sensible resistance.
Air is sensible to the touch by its motion.
The disgrace was more sensible than the pain.
Any very sensible effect upon the prices of things.

Sensible

Having the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; capable of perceiving by the instrumentality of the proper organs; liable to be affected physsically or mentally; impressible.
Would your cambric were sensible as your finger.

Sensible

Hence: Liable to impression from without; easily affected; having nice perception or acute feeling; sensitive; also, readily moved or affected by natural agents; delicate; as, a sensible thermometer.

Sensible

Perceiving or having perception, either by the senses or the mind; cognizant; perceiving so clearly as to be convinced; satisfied; persuaded.
He [man] can not think at any time, waking or sleeping, without being sensible of it.
They are now sensible it would have been better to comply than to refuse.

Sensible

Having moral perception; capable of being affected by moral good or evil.

Sensible

Possessing or containing sense or reason; giftedwith, or characterized by, good or common sense; intelligent; wise.
Now a sensible man, by and by a fool.

Sensible

Sensation; sensibility.

Sensible

That which impresses itself on the sense; anything perceptible.
Aristotle distinguished sensibles into common and proper.

Sensible

That which has sensibility; a sensitive being.
This melancholy extends itself not to men only, but even to vegetals and sensibles.

Sensible

Showing reason or sound judgment;
A sensible choice
A sensible person

Sensible

Able to feel or perceive;
Even amoeba are sensible creatures
The more sensible p{ enveloping(a), shrouding(a), concealing,& (concealing by enclosing or wrapping as if in something that is not solid;
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Sensible

Acting with or showing thought and good sense;
A sensible young man

Sensible

Marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters;
Judicious use of one's money
A sensible manager
A wise decision

Sensible

Readily perceived by the senses;
The sensible universe
A sensible odor

Sensible

Aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed;
Made sensible of his mistakes
I am sensible that the mention of such a circumstance may appear trifling
Sensible that a good deal more is still to be done

Sensible

Proceeding from good sense or judgment;
A sensible choice

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