unperceivingadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnpəˈsiːvɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌənpərˈsivɪŋ/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and perceiving adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, perceiving adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + perceiving adj.

Not perceiving or capable of perceiving; (esp. in early use) lacking in perception or insight; unperceptive.

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

?1623 O. Felltham Resolues viii. 28 To speake too much, bewrayes folly; too little, an vnperceiuing stupiditie.

1658 J. Heydon Advice to Daughter 6 Where there is much sorrow the mind is dull and unperceiving.

1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §76. 121 It is a plain Repugnancy, that those Qualities shou'd Exist in of be supported by an unperceiving Substance.

1723 D. Waterland 2nd Vindic. Christ's Divinity xxiii. 448 To make you at length sensible of Two Things, about which you have been hitherto very slow and unperceiving.

1803 Monthly Mag. 14 490 For an idea to exist in an unperceiving thing is a contradiction.

1862 H. B. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island (London ed.) ii. x. 242 All the vitality of nature rallied to her support, and enabled her to preserve an air of the most unperceiving serenity.

1891 Longman's Mag. Apr. 600 The young aspirant who, either unperceiving or undaunted, continued to chirrup.

1970 Texas Stud. in Lit. & Lang. 11 1411 To an unperceiving society, Mme Max is a faintly mysterious, sinister, and romantic figure.

1998 Yale French Stud. 93 123 Worm is unborn, unperceiving, unspeaking, uncreated.

Derivatives

unperˈceivingness n. rare the quality of being unperceiving.

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

a1688 J. Renwick Choice Coll. (1776) 144 What unperceivingness of temper is this?

1925 E. Wharton Mother's Recompense ii. 16 The thick atmosphere of self-approval and unperceivingness which emanated from John Clephane like coal-gas from a leaking furnace.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unperceiving
释义	unperceivingadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnpəˈsiːvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənpərˈsivɪŋ/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and perceiving adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, perceiving adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + perceiving adj. Not perceiving or capable of perceiving; (esp. in early use) lacking in perception or insight; unperceptive. 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 ?1623 O. Felltham Resolues viii. 28 To speake too much, bewrayes folly; too little, an vnperceiuing stupiditie. 1658 J. Heydon Advice to Daughter 6 Where there is much sorrow the mind is dull and unperceiving. 1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §76. 121 It is a plain Repugnancy, that those Qualities shou'd Exist in of be supported by an unperceiving Substance. 1723 D. Waterland 2nd Vindic. Christ's Divinity xxiii. 448 To make you at length sensible of Two Things, about which you have been hitherto very slow and unperceiving. 1803 Monthly Mag. 14 490 For an idea to exist in an unperceiving thing is a contradiction. 1862 H. B. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island (London ed.) ii. x. 242 All the vitality of nature rallied to her support, and enabled her to preserve an air of the most unperceiving serenity. 1891 Longman's Mag. Apr. 600 The young aspirant who, either unperceiving or undaunted, continued to chirrup. 1970 Texas Stud. in Lit. & Lang. 11 1411 To an unperceiving society, Mme Max is a faintly mysterious, sinister, and romantic figure. 1998 Yale French Stud. 93 123 Worm is unborn, unperceiving, unspeaking, uncreated. Derivatives unperˈceivingness n. rare the quality of being unperceiving. 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 a1688 J. Renwick Choice Coll. (1776) 144 What unperceivingness of temper is this? 1925 E. Wharton Mother's Recompense ii. 16 The thick atmosphere of self-approval and unperceivingness which emanated from John Clephane like coal-gas from a leaking furnace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?1623
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