imperceptive
Example Sentences
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She was flinty in a way that the willfully imperceptive could easily mistake for chipper.
From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2017
Our only full confidence is that the NFL will never stop being duplicitous, hypocritical and imperceptive.
From Washington Times • Apr. 10, 2017
Her eye wandered; the hand to which Angelina clung was an abstract, imperceptive hand—Angelina and Rose were free to pursue their own train of fancy—the garden was at their service.
From The Golden Scarecrow by Walpole, Hugh, Sir
Our moral judgment is often dull and imperceptive.
From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by Jowett, John Henry
Had Roger been just his normal self that afternoon—his matter-of-fact, imperceptive self—he would never have known how to answer Nan's half-desperate question, and the rose-garden might have witnessed a different ending to the scene.
From The Moon out of Reach by Pedler, Margaret
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
