how to pronounce sensitive

/ˈsɛnsətɪv/

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sensitive is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of sensitive in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… am I have a very sensitive nature too …”

meaning of sensitive

Sensitive means easily hurt or offended.

sensitive frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word sensitive occurs in english on average 21.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics sensitive can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that sensitive can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;