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View synonyms for imperceptive

imperceptive

[ im-per-sep-tiv ]

adjective

  1. not perceptive; lacking perception.


imperceptive

/ ˌɪmpəˈsɛptɪv /

adjective

  1. lacking in perception; obtuse
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌimpercepˈtivity, noun
  • ˌimperˈceptively, adverb
  • ˌimperˈception, noun
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Other Words From

  • imper·cep·tivi·ty imper·ceptive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of imperceptive1

First recorded in 1655–65; im- 2 + perceptive
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Example Sentences

She was flinty in a way that the willfully imperceptive could easily mistake for chipper.

Our only full confidence is that the NFL will never stop being duplicitous, hypocritical and imperceptive.

Ye would gaze on God With imperceptive blankness up the stars, And mutter, "Why, God, hast thou made us thus?"

What a poor maimed creature, to be so blind, so imperceptive, to the greatest thing in the world!

This to my critic was a proof that Mr. Strachey was imperceptive and vulgar—“common” the ugly word is.

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