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Recent Examples of hypersensitive
Lee was an editor, writer, ringleader and often the initial spark for a new character: What about a blind lawyer who fights crime using his other hypersensitive senses and was kind of a daredevil?
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
What used to be a politics of tolerance and inclusion is now seen—often rightly—as obsessed with identity, hypersensitive to offense, and incapable of self-criticism.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Only 14 percent of people who reported being extremely hypersensitive to cold had varicose veins.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 15 Apr. 2025
IgE can bind to the surface of mast cells or basophils (types of white blood cells) and trigger hypersensitive reactions in response to allergens.
—Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 8 Sep. 2024
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
What used to be a politics of tolerance and inclusion is now seen—often rightly—as obsessed with identity, hypersensitive to offense, and incapable of self-criticism.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Only 14 percent of people who reported being extremely hypersensitive to cold had varicose veins.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 15 Apr. 2025
IgE can bind to the surface of mast cells or basophils (types of white blood cells) and trigger hypersensitive reactions in response to allergens.
—Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 8 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypersensitive
Adjective
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Most commenters on the TSR post agreed that Yung Miami meant no disrespect and that Lizzo was being a little oversensitive.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2025
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The 8th and 9th are full of good energy, but everyone seems to be feeling oversensitive near the 13th.—
Katharine Merlin,
Town & Country,
1 Sep. 2023
Adjective
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Your eyes become supersensitive to sunlight: Some people with nr-axSpA will also have a condition called uveitis.—
Alice Oglethorpe,
SELF,
18 July 2025
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Across the world, dozens of supersensitive detectors have been installed since the beginning of the Cold War era to detect infrasound waves created by nuclear tests thousands of miles away.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Businesses cannot process sensitive data without obtaining consumer consent.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The website Health in Her Hue, for example, connects Black women and women of color to culturally sensitive healthcare providers.—
Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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“Hypersensitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypersensitive. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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