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Recent Examples of supersensitive
Whitney Fields, 38, from Austin, was fed up with contacts scratching her supersensitive eyes.
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Julia Ries, SELF, 9 Sep. 2024
The problem is that investors are supersensitive to the Fed’s views.
—James MacKintosh, WSJ, 22 June 2021
Better to stick with your Swedish clogs and Ulla Johnson dresses, and your membership at the food co-op, than to risk the wrath of hungry, countryside-roaming alien beasties with terrible eyesight but supersensitive hearing.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 26 May 2021
Exterminators today are taking a cue from law enforcement and turning to dogs' supersensitive noses for smelling bed bugs, ants, and termites.
—Adam Hadhazy, Popular Mechanics, 9 Mar. 2021
Now, researchers are pushing to build a final generation of supersensitive detectors — or one ‘ultimate’ detector — that will leave the particles no place to hide.
—Elizabeth Gibney, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2020
That’s even true for the supersensitive Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), 66 radio telescopes high in the Chilean Andes that work together as a single instrument.
—Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 12 Aug. 2020
Neutrinos can’t escape from black holes, and the supersensitive Super-K will be able to detect a telltale stream of neutrinos that suddenly shuts down.
—Dolly Setton, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2014
Julia Ries, SELF, 9 Sep. 2024
The problem is that investors are supersensitive to the Fed’s views.
—James MacKintosh, WSJ, 22 June 2021
Better to stick with your Swedish clogs and Ulla Johnson dresses, and your membership at the food co-op, than to risk the wrath of hungry, countryside-roaming alien beasties with terrible eyesight but supersensitive hearing.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 26 May 2021
Exterminators today are taking a cue from law enforcement and turning to dogs' supersensitive noses for smelling bed bugs, ants, and termites.
—Adam Hadhazy, Popular Mechanics, 9 Mar. 2021
Now, researchers are pushing to build a final generation of supersensitive detectors — or one ‘ultimate’ detector — that will leave the particles no place to hide.
—Elizabeth Gibney, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2020
That’s even true for the supersensitive Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), 66 radio telescopes high in the Chilean Andes that work together as a single instrument.
—Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 12 Aug. 2020
Neutrinos can’t escape from black holes, and the supersensitive Super-K will be able to detect a telltale stream of neutrinos that suddenly shuts down.
—Dolly Setton, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2014
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supersensitive
Adjective
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In contrast, vulnerable narcissistic leaders are insecure, hypersensitive to feedback, and prone to emotional volatility (e.g., Richard Nixon, Christina Kirchner, Vladimir Putin, Howard Hughes, and Steve Jobs).—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes,
11 Dec. 2024
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Sensitivity to cold: After frostbite, the affected areas may become hypersensitive to cold, making future cold exposure more uncomfortable.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
1 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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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
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These young ideas rarely do — and the invaluable lesson that students glean from that realization will be lost forever if administrators cut them off at the knees by continuing to appease oversensitive cry-bullies whose antics threaten these vital sandboxes.—
Brian Anderson,
National Review,
12 Sep. 2020
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Allergies acting up: Homeowners who are sensitive to dust, pollen, or animal hair may notice their allergies acting up before anything else.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
18 Jan. 2025
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During the 2024 presidential campaign, as Musk embraced the Republican Party and then Trump, his pro-China views brought him into conflict with parts of the MAGA coalition, including on the sensitive topic of immigration.—
John Hyatt,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Supersensitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supersensitive. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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