unperceptive
adjective
un·per·cep·tive
ˌən-pər-ˈsep-tiv 
: lacking perception : not perceptive
an unperceptive analysis
… the antics of characters so unperceptive that no one can possibly care about them past the first hundred pages.—
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Examples of unperceptive in a Sentence
unperceptive readers failed to see that the "news story" was an elaborate put-on
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He could not be seen, just as the little black boy was not seen, or was seen inaccurately, by the unperceptive and disdainful white boy.
—Louise Glück, The New York Review of Books, 14 Jan. 2021
Memory, conveyed by an unperceptive, mechanically flowing camera, seems disconnected from culture.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 Nov. 2021
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Louise Glück, The New York Review of Books, 14 Jan. 2021
Memory, conveyed by an unperceptive, mechanically flowing camera, seems disconnected from culture.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 Nov. 2021
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“Unperceptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unperceptive. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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