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unperceptive

adjective
un·​per·​cep·​tive | \ ˌən-pər-ˈsep-tiv How to pronounce unperceptive (audio) \

Definition of unperceptive

: lacking perception : not perceptive an unperceptive analysis … the antics of characters so unperceptive that no one can possibly care about them past the first hundred pages.— Jackie Kaufman
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 Ladies and gentlemen, meet the undisputed king of the boring, mundane and unperceptive comment - one Michael Owen. — SI.com, "Michael Owen Tweets About His Boredom Watching England & it Backfires Horribly," 6 Oct. 2017

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1668, in the meaning defined above

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