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UNPERCEPTIVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lacking sensitivity, taste, or judgment

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

indiscriminating; undiscriminating (not discriminating)

Derivation:

unperceptiveness (the lack of insight and sympathetic understanding)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lacking perception

Example:

as unperceptive as a boulder

Synonyms:

unperceiving; unperceptive

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

blank (without comprehension)

blind (unable or unwilling to perceive or understand)

unobservant; unseeing (not consciously observing)

Antonym:

perceptive (having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment)

Derivation:

unperceptiveness (the lack of insight and sympathetic understanding)

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