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sensitive
Requiring controls on disclosure. Medical records, for example, include sensitive data. In risk analysis, one classifies data by the degree of sensitivity and criticality. See critical and sanitize.
sensitive
1. having the power of sensation
2. of or relating to the senses or the power of sensation
3. Photog having a high sensitivity
4. connected with matters affecting national security, esp through access to classified information
5. (of a stock market or prices) quickly responsive to external influences and thus fluctuating or tending to fluctuate


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The Alderman, being of a sensitive, retiring disposition, shrank from further comparison, and, strolling to another part of the garden, stole the camel.
(4) a delicacy of honor which is sensitive to shame;
Just as the lion disappeared among the trees beyond the clearing Tarzan caught upon the down-coming wind the explanation of his new interest--the scent spoor of man was wafted strongly to the sensitive nostrils.
 
 
 
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