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Recent Examples of insensitivity
The misstep immediately sparked backlash for cultural insensitivity and drew over 50 million views on Weibo—other Western brands, including H&M, Dolce & Gabbana, Dior, Burberry, and Gucci, have been caught in similar cultural crosshairs.
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Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Consumers can forgive almost anything—controversy, scandal, provocation, even cultural insensitivity—if the party and the product is good enough.
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Serena Turner,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
Directness is often confused with insensitivity.
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Jonathan Alpert Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
The majority reported being treated rudely by providers, insensitivity regarding modesty requirements, or having their pain disregarded.
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Anisah Bagasra,
The Conversation,
17 Apr. 2026
For Bravo, race has always been that lingering chink in its armor — and the latest burgeoning Summer House drama threatens to continue to chip away at the network’s feeble defense against claims of racial insensitivity.
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Shamira Ibrahim,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2026
Hicks, meanwhile, is facing allegations from Democratic candidates of bullying, elitism and racial insensitivity.
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ABC News,
5 Mar. 2026
One flashpoint came after comments related to standardized testing sparked accusations of racial insensitivity.
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Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Mar. 2026
After a two-hour tale of comical deception, betrayal, emotional cruelty, insensitivity and obliviousness, the audience is expected to swallow a message of caring and community.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Consumers can forgive almost anything—controversy, scandal, provocation, even cultural insensitivity—if the party and the product is good enough.
—
Serena Turner,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
Directness is often confused with insensitivity.
—
Jonathan Alpert Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
The majority reported being treated rudely by providers, insensitivity regarding modesty requirements, or having their pain disregarded.
—
Anisah Bagasra,
The Conversation,
17 Apr. 2026
For Bravo, race has always been that lingering chink in its armor — and the latest burgeoning Summer House drama threatens to continue to chip away at the network’s feeble defense against claims of racial insensitivity.
—
Shamira Ibrahim,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2026
Hicks, meanwhile, is facing allegations from Democratic candidates of bullying, elitism and racial insensitivity.
—
ABC News,
5 Mar. 2026
One flashpoint came after comments related to standardized testing sparked accusations of racial insensitivity.
—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Mar. 2026
After a two-hour tale of comical deception, betrayal, emotional cruelty, insensitivity and obliviousness, the audience is expected to swallow a message of caring and community.
—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insensitivity
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The jury further determined that the crimes involved a threat of great bodily harm and demonstrated a high degree of cruelty, viciousness or callousness, the district attorney's office said.
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Hantz was turning callousness into spectacle and many viewers were hungry for it.
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The thoughtlessness with which this bride coerced you into subsidizing her wedding was stunning.
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Its furnishings were anything but describable, having been conceived, manufactured, shipped, and sold in various states of thoughtlessness, greed, and indifference.
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These young graduates start out naive about the heartlessness of the corporate world and harbor illusory hopes for success in unforgiving professions.
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The lives of the two children in the story, aged fourteen and four, are portrayed as being as fleeting as the fireflies, and the story is an unsentimental and unflinching account with moments of both tenderness and heartlessness.
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The world of Pride and Prejudice expects women to accommodate male pride as a social fact, to smooth over awkwardness, to accept that status and wealth compensate for coldness or indifference.
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Her fierce intelligence helps paper over some of the screenplay’s rougher transitions, and even lends a measure of legibility to Sylvia’s sudden coldness.
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Perhaps the greatest testament to Morocco’s obduracy came late in normal time, when Rodri — a central midfielder being deployed as a central defender — strode forward and shot, more in hope than in expectation, from 35 yards.
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But a year later, more than two dozen of them remain stuck in Afghanistan, stalled by bureaucratic wrangling, the vagaries of international diplomacy and the obduracy of the Taliban government.
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Grade 5 titanium is notoriously difficult to work with, its hardness rapidly degrading cutting tools and leaving little margin for error.
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Water hardness is measured by the milligrams of calcium carbonate per liter of water(mg/L).
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What the rise of 'chalance' says about dating People have equated aloofness with coolness since long before the internet came around.
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The invading army of World Cup tourists love our hospitality, barbeque, ranch dressing, bars, superstores, fast food and our all-around coolness.
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“Insensitivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insensitivity. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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