as in imperceptive
not having or showing a deep understanding of something
unperceptive readers failed to see that the "news story" was an elaborate put-on
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Recent Examples of unperceptive
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.
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Louise Glück, The New York Review of Books, 14 Jan. 2021
Memory, conveyed by an unperceptive, mechanically flowing camera, seems disconnected from culture.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 Nov. 2021
Louise Glück, The New York Review of Books, 14 Jan. 2021
Memory, conveyed by an unperceptive, mechanically flowing camera, seems disconnected from culture.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unperceptive
Adjective
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In one sense, this isn’t an entirely stupid proposition.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
3 May 2025
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Vel rails against the offender, saying her lover was the kind of warrior the Ghor rebels are trying to be and that her loss is both incalculable and stupid.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Going after clean jobs would mean stalling economic growth in communities that helped deliver Trump a second term — a move that most would call politically unwise.—
Umair Irfan,
Vox,
21 Apr. 2025
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Guesses are around $30-40 as pulling a trigger on a full $70 live game would be…unwise.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But many will, in situations where they’re allowed to stretch out, go deep, get silly, or eat hot wings while trying to answer questions.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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Have a Dance Party Clear the furniture, cue up a playlist with all of Mom's favorite hits (and a few silly, kid-friendly jams), and let loose.—
Laura Broadwell,
Parents,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career.—
Daniel Jackson,
Allure,
18 July 2017
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Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb.—
Andy Benoit,
The MMQB,
10 July 2017
Adjective
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And jingoism, idiotic, is not patriotism.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
7 Mar. 2025
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But, here, the characters suffer from the horror film syndrome of making one idiotic decision after another because that’s what the film requires to send the action in its intended direction.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But the Liberals are an electoral machine—something of a rarity on the center-left—that would be foolish to bet against.—
Daniel Block,
The Atlantic,
29 Apr. 2025
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His cigars weren’t as nasty as his habit of chasing bad money with worse—high living and foolish investments, with second-rate writing meant to plug the gap.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Unperceptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unperceptive. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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