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desensitized - definition and meaning
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verb desensitize .
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The commenter who mentioned the stress of taking children shopping, because they are desensitized is right on.
Blue Dress Painting 2009
Third, why do you think that people that didn't like it are "desensitized "?
J.J. Abrams Says No Cloverfield 2 Anymore? « FirstShowing.net 2008
Also, those with egg allergies who need the vaccine can be "desensitized " to the egg proteins contained in the vaccine.
Influenza Vaccine 2008
It's -- there's no shock value to individuals anymore and with all the media and press we've gotten about child pornography over the years, it's kind of desensitized the public to what child pornography really is.
CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2007 2007
And with all the media and press that we've gotten about child pornography over the years, it's kind of desensitized the public to what child pornography really is.
CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2007 2007
But the easy access to guns in a culture where they've been exposed to lots and lots and lots of violence, and there are literally scores and scores of serious studies which show that the younger you are and the more you're exposed to it, the more kind of desensitized you are to it.
Remarks By The President To Thurston High School Community ITY National Archives 1998
Or, conversely, they may become "desensitized " to the opt-in process, mindlessly agreeing to every user consent agreement page, as do consumers when it comes to software license agreement forms.
Ars Technica Matthew Lasar 2010
But one wonders if they could wind up exploring cyberspace more as they become "desensitized " to security protocols.
Ars Technica Matthew Lasar 2010
Or, conversely, they may become "desensitized " to the opt-in process, mindlessly agreeing to every user consent agreement page, as do consumers when it comes to software license agreement forms.
Ars Technica Matthew Lasar 2010
But one wonders if they could wind up exploring cyberspace more as they become "desensitized " to security protocols.
Ars Technica Matthew Lasar 2010
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