desensitized to the allergen.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The commenter who mentioned the stress of taking children shopping, because they are desensitized is right on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blue Dress Painting] Reference

Third, why do you think that people that didn't like it are "desensitized"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [J.J. Abrams Says No Cloverfield 2 Anymore? « FirstShowing.net] Reference

Also, those with egg allergies who need the vaccine can be "desensitized" to the egg proteins contained in the vaccine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Influenza Vaccine] Reference

I am sorry you feel "desensitized" to this horribly haunting, real story.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Minnesota Daily - mndaily.com] Reference

But one wonders if they could wind up exploring cyberspace more as they become "desensitized" to security protocols.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ars Technica]

First, his newfound position that civil unions "desensitized" the VT legislature completely undermines FRC's position on marriage equality.    From Wordnik.com.  [Good As You] Reference

Our kids have been desensitized through the media.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2009] Reference

Is it your feeling that we can become desensitized?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2005] Reference

Are we being desensitized to these graphic pictures?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2005] Reference

So, yes, I think in a way we ` re desensitized to it.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 11, 2006] Reference

ANDERSON: You say desensitized to acceptable behavior.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 18, 2006] Reference

Are we in danger of being desensitized with all of this?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2005] Reference

Are we becoming desensitized to the entire experience?.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Has 'Hunger Games' Author Suzanne Collins' Life Changed?] Reference

You have desensitized us just a little bit by your actions.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 19, 2009] Reference

HOLMES: That was probably the best word of it there, "desensitized.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 31, 2009] Reference

The question is, seeing the images so nonstop, are we being desensitized?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2005] Reference

If you want to know how kids can become desensitized to brutality, look at this.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2009] Reference

Furthermore, you become desensitized to noise the longer you listen to loud sounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [iPods can be a hazard to your hearing, but noise canceling headphones may help] Reference

You got kids today, first of all who are being very desensitized to violent behavior.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2008] Reference

I walk past it so often that I've become desensitized to the nostalgia associated with it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michelle Cacciatore: The Romantic Price of Being a New Yorker] Reference

The system is desensitized towards them, whether it is police, judiciary, the legal system.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 25, 2009] Reference

MCDOUGALL: Well, they almost seem quite desensitized to it, because the work is very repetitive.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 29, 2007] Reference

TOOBIN: Maybe because I used to be in law enforcement I am a little desensitized to these things.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2007] Reference

GUPTA (on camera): Long-term, it's inevitable that we'll become desensitized to this devastation.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2005] Reference

The problem is just that everyone's being progressively and progressively more desensitized to it.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Shop Talk': Why Do Americans Think Obama Is Muslim?] Reference

But there ` s no question to your original premise that we are somewhat desensitized as a society.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2007] Reference

GUPTA (on camera): Long term, it's inevitable that we will become desensitized to this devastation.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2005] Reference

Everyone was initially horrified, but now, when you've seen it several times, you've become desensitized.    From Wordnik.com.  [Violence In Our Culture] Reference

But with that, there is also the fear that we as a society may become desensitized to this absolute filth.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2006] Reference

What this means is that people have become desensitized to slogans of two states, of the Palestinian state.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fadi Elsalameen: Prime Minister Fayyad 'Build, build despite the occupation'] Reference

I mean, you know, I learned Braille as a little kid and I play guitar, and I never thought that it desensitized my fingers in any way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exploring the Soul of Raul Midon] Reference

But are Americans suffering from what you might call terror fatigue, becoming desensitized to all the warnings coming out of Washington?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 21, 2003] Reference

The presidential campaign left trust-no-one scar tissue on both of them; desensitized, they weren't averse to disappointing their friends.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warm-Up Lessons] Reference