Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Insensate \In*sen"sate\, a. [L. insensatus. See {In-} not, and
   {Sensate}.]
   Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish.

         The silence and the calm Of mute, insensate things.
                                                  --Wordsworth.

         The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen.
                                                  --Buckle.
   -- {In*sen"sate*ly}, adv. -- {In*sen"sate*ness}, n.