imperceptive
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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
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 C. D. (Charles D.) Williams
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 Margaret Pedler
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 Sir Hugh Walpole
Vocabulary lists containing imperceptive
cept, capt, ceive (take, hold, seize)
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cept, capt, ceive (take, hold, seize)
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