unperceptive

Thân thiện

He was unperceptive to the subtle changes in her mood.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Lacking sensitivity, taste, or judgment: Describes a person or their actions that show an inability to notice, understand, or appreciate subtle or important qualities, especially in art, behavior, or situations.
   • Lacking perception: Describes a person or mind that is not quick or able to notice, understand, or interpret things through the senses or intellect.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • His unperceptive comments about the painting revealed he knew nothing about modern art.
  • She was surprisingly unperceptive to the tension in the room.
  • The critic's unperceptive review failed to grasp the film's deeper meaning.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in formal or critical contexts to describe a failure of insight or awareness, rather than a simple physical inability to see.
• It can describe a temporary state or a more permanent character trait.
  • Even a normally observant person can be unperceptive when they are tired.

Variants and Related Words

• Unperceptively (adverb): In an unperceptive manner.
  • He listened unperceptively to the complex explanation.
• Unperceptiveness (noun): The quality or state of being unperceptive.
  • His unperceptiveness in social situations often led to awkwardness.

Synonyms

• Obtuse: Slow to understand or perceive; insensitive.
• Insensitive: Showing or feeling no concern for others' feelings; not responsive to physical sensations.
• Unobservant: Not observant; not quick or keen to notice things.
• Undiscerning: Lacking judgment, insight, or taste.

Antonyms

• Perceptive: Having or showing sensitive insight.
• Observant: Quick to notice things.
• Discerning: Having or showing good judgment.
• Aware: Having knowledge or perception of a situation or fact.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. lacking sensitivity, taste, or judgment
2. lacking perception
   • as unperceptive as a boulder

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