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un-comprehending
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uncomprehending
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blind |
| Synonyms: | careless, dull, heedless, ignorant, imperceptive, inattentive, inconsiderate, indiscriminate, injudicious, insensitive, myopic, nearsighted, neglectful, oblivious, purblind, thoughtless, unaware, unconscious, undiscerning, unmindful, unobservant, unperceiving, unperceptive, unreasoning, unseeing |
| Main Entry: | obtuse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slow to understand |
| Synonyms: | dense, dopey, dull*, dumb, imperceptive, insensitive, opaque, slow on uptake, stolid, thick, uncomprehending, unintelligent |
| Notes: | acute is an angle of less than 90 degrees; obtuse is one of more than 90 degrees |
| Antonyms: | bright, intelligent, quick, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vacuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | empty; unintelligent |
| Synonyms: | airheaded, birdbrained, blank, drained, dull, dumb, emptied, foolish, half-baked, inane, lamebrained, minus, shallow, silly*, stupid, superficial, uncomprehending, unreasoning, vacant, void |
| Notes: | vacant pertains mainly to things (vacant house) while vacuous pertains mainly to the absence or near absence of meaning or intelligence (vacuous expression) |
| Antonyms: | aware, filled, full, intelligent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | purblind |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blind |
| Synonyms: | careless, dull, heedless, ignorant, imperceptive, inattentive, inconsiderate, indiscriminate, injudicious, insensitive, myopic, nearsighted, neglectful, oblivious, thoughtless, unaware, uncomprehending, unconscious, undiscerning, unmindful, unobservant, unperceiving, unperceptive, unreasoning, unseeing |
| Main Entry: | unperceptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blind |
| Synonyms: | careless, dull, heedless, ignorant, imperceptive, inattentive, inconsiderate, indiscriminate, injudicious, insensitive, myopic, nearsighted, neglectful, oblivious, purblind, thoughtless, unaware, uncomprehending, unconscious, undiscerning, unmindful, unobservant, unperceiving, unreasoning, unseeing |
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