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UNPERCEPTIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unperceptive mean?
• UNPERCEPTIVE (adjective)
The adjective UNPERCEPTIVE has 2 senses:
1. lacking perception
2. lacking sensitivity, taste, or judgment
Familiarity information: UNPERCEPTIVE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking perception
Synonyms:
unperceiving; unperceptive
Context example:
as unperceptive as a boulder
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking sensitivity, taste, or judgment
Similar:
indiscriminating; undiscriminating (not discriminating)
Derivation:
unperceptiveness (the lack of insight and sympathetic understanding)
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