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
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
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.)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
