inapprehensiveadj.
/ɪnaprɪˈhɛnsɪv/ Not apprehensive; without apprehension: (a) that does not grasp mentally, or perceive by sense; (b) that does not apprehend danger.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [adjective]
unwittyc1000
heartlessa1382
meana1387
conceitless?c1425
insensuat1508
insensate1528
insensible?1531
miskenning1533
unsensible1560
witless1562
unfraught1587
unconceiving1593
stupid1595
small-knowing1598
surd1601
ununderstanding1611
unapprehensible1613
unperceiving?1623
unapprehensive1624
inapprehending1652
incomprehensive1652
inapprehensive1653
impenetrative1684
blind1692
uncomprehensive1694
unpenetrating1701
unmeaning1704
vacant1712
gilly-gaupus1754
unacute1775
unapprehending1794
unpenetrative1795
unwitted1828
uncomprehending1838
irrecognizant1845
vacuous1848
incomprehending1881
mush-headed1884
wantwit1894
doofus1967
acerebral1968
brain-dead1972
goofus1981
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective] > not expectant > of danger
inapprehensive1653
1653 Bp. J. Taylor XXV Serm. v. 63 [They] remain stupid and inapprehensive.
1666 E. Stillingfleet Serm. (1683) i. 5 When were they ever more secure and inapprehensive of their danger than at this time?
a1732 F. Atterbury Serm. Several Occas. (1734) I. 138 In respect of Divine Truth, they may be altogether inapprehensive and stupid.
1867 H. Bushnell Moral Uses Dark Things 99 The more inward parts of the body are comparatively inapprehensive.
Derivatives
inappreˈhensiveness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [noun]
unsensibleness?1555
headlesshood1579
senselessness1580
vacuity1593
incomprehension1605
insensibleness1610
unintelligiblenessa1631
insensateness1646
mindlessness1646
inapprehensiveness1652
unapprehensiveness1669
non-intelligencea1674
unperceivingnessa1688
inapprehension1745
inconception1761
brainlessness1832
vacancy1841
uncomprehension1862
1652 E. Sparke Scintillula Altaris (1660) 172 Not out of a Stoical Apathy, or inapprehensivenesse, but out of a Christian magnanimity.
1836 New Monthly Mag. 48 456 In pure inapprehensiveness of the juste milieu.
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