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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a slightly insensitive" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a comment, action, or behavior that lacks sensitivity or consideration for others' feelings, but is not overtly offensive.
Example: "His remark about her appearance was a slightly insensitive comment, given the circumstances."
Alternatives: "somewhat tactless" or "a bit thoughtless."
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Johar first wrote a story, which was a love triangle between a tomboy, a very pretty girl and a slightly insensitive boy, but he shelved the idea because he was not very satisfied with it.
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It is an irresistible, if slightly insensitive, question after he spent last season's Challenge Cup final against Leeds in a Cardiff hospital after being diagnosed with appendicitis the day before the game.
Can we all agree that we could do with a slightly less insensitive gesture to represent the fatal road accident?
Another website, Next Round, had this to say: "New outrage is breaking out on the Duke campus over slightly insensitive Halloween party invites sent by two separate fraternities to COEDs on campus.
The cell size of Svr22Cs was small in mean value, as were both the top 1% and the bottom 1% lines (2nd from the right in Figure 4C) and became slightly insensitive to cellular concentrations, relative to the ancestor clones.
A slightly younger reader.
A slightly dysfunctional bubble.
Albeit a slightly deluded one.
A slightly creamy colour.
A slightly paler James Bond.
A slightly tired invasion.
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