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imperceptive - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
adjective Lacking perception; not perceptive.
from The Century Dictionary.
Not perceiving, or not able to perceive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective Unable to perceive.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
adjective Unable to perceive .
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So it is doubtful that he missed the nuance, as some more imperceptive political figures might.
Yvette Carnell: The Method to Jesse Jackson's Madness 2010
So it is doubtful that he missed the nuance, as some more imperceptive political figures might.
Yvette Carnell: The Method to Jesse Jackson's Madness Yvette Carnell 2010
“American Idol” was an imperceptive peek into the world of show business.
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It's been a hard fight, but methinks that all but the most pessimistic and imperceptive would notice the slight albeit glacial shift towards the right way of doing things.
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It was at a friend of mine's Little Carnegie Hall recital and he played Trois Gymnopedies and that strongly quiet barely imperceptive piece grabbed me and lulled its way into my musical brain where it has bloomed forever, reminding me of Gershwin's Preludes--Hey, aren't there three of those?
Whatever Happened to "Classical" Music? The Daily Growler 2006
We all thought teachers were blind or incredibly imperceptive , being adult and all.
Musings of a Drunken Monk: September 21, 2005 Archives 2005
We all thought teachers were blind or incredibly imperceptive , being adult and all.
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We all thought teachers were blind or incredibly imperceptive , being adult and all.
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In spite of his self-absorption, Jack was not imperceptive .
The Shape of Dread Muller, Marcia 1989
Grace was not imperceptive and exactly because she knew what was going on, she kept on drinking.
Grace Slick The Biography Rowes, Barbara 1980
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