impercipient

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ percipient.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪmpəˈsɪpɪənt/

Adjective

impercipient (comparative more impercipient, superlative most impercipient)

1. Lacking perception; unable to perceive.
   • 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 215:

     Nevertheless, his attitude to such plebeian upstarts was lofty and impercipient: not having been introduced to them, he had not the pleasure of their acquaintance, so to speak.

Derived terms

• impercipiently