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

Ye would gaze on God With imperceptive blankness up the stars, And mutter, "Why, God, hast thou made us thus?"

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

To the endearing and passion-inspiring qualities Emily Walderhurst saw in this more than middle-aged gentleman an unstirred world would remain blind, deaf, and imperceptive until its end transpired.

From Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" by Williams, C. D. (Charles D.)

For a living perceptive whole cannot be made of dead imperceptive parts.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville