IMPERCEPTIVENESS Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

imperceptive

adjective

ˌim-pər-ˈsep-tiv

Definition of imperceptive

as in unperceptive

not having or showing a deep understanding of something imperceptive critics who failed to see that it was much more than another mindless action movie

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Adjective

Memory, conveyed by an unperceptive, mechanically flowing camera, seems disconnected from culture.

— Armond White, National Review, 19 Nov. 2021
He could not be seen, just as the little black boy was not seen, or was seen inaccurately, by the unperceptive and disdainful white boy.

— Louise Glück, The New York Review of Books, 14 Jan. 2021

Definition of unperceptive

Adjective

Moreno may also need to make those calls, and saddling his successor with a long-term manager seems unwise and unlikely, even by Moreno’s standards.

— Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Commanders should seek positional advantages without exhausting their soldiers, manipulate the enemy’s movements when possible, and recognize when circumstances make pursuit or attack unwise.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of unwise

Adjective

Whatever to the silly old poem and whatever to the ceremony and all its stupid little details and whatever to all the rules for daughters.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
His faith in the transformative power of a deeply silly musical about nosy neighbors provides the film with its strongest anchor of relatable humanity.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of silly

Adjective

Here, in this image of an ingenious skidding kitten—in both its brutality and its beautiful, dumb, playful resilience—lies the wisdom of Marcon’s art.

— Matthew McLean, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026
Combined with a brutal noon start time that provided no shade or relief throughout the game, the conditions meant there weren’t many fans brave enough, or quite frankly dumb enough, to endure a heat index of roughly 105 degrees.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of dumb

Adjective

While the era’s bust eventually brought most of those ventures to an end, Brown said the experience taught him not to let the fear of failure—or looking foolish—get in the way.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
Cousins made two foolish mistakes, on the interceptions by Trader and Taaffe.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of foolish

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