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Recent Examples of imperceptive Echoing the decade's sleek silhouettes, Tyra Banks and Naomi Campbell wound their manes into taut high ponytails that emphasized their chiseled features; the former securing hers with scrunchie, and the latter wrapping a section around the elastic to imperceptive effect. Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imperceptive
Adjective
  • 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
Adjective
  • The Santas are so popular that the tap-dancing number was reinstated about six years ago in response to audience demand after symphony officials made the unwise decision to drop the act from the event line-up.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 20 Dec. 2024
  • While Leicester’s unwise approach aided Newcastle, there was also appreciable improvement in every aspect of the home side’s play.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The Boke character, which would be Johnson, is the one who will make a mistake on purpose, or make a stupid joke.
    Justin Koreis, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Any Republican that would be so stupid as to do this should, and will, be Primaried.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Packed with silly hijinks, this 2004 comedy also stars Kristin Chenoweth and Kristin Davis.
    Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
  • But 2024 is not 2017; silly overlays have given way to undetectable beauty filters.
    Chloe Albanesius, PCMAG, 16 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Stated simply, the policy errors made with regard to money were uniquely foolish.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Premature predictions of renewal would be foolish and, as Howe continually stressed, Newcastle cannot allow one strong outing to be followed by another meek one.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career.
    Daniel Jackson, Allure, 18 July 2017
  • Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb.
    Andy Benoit, The MMQB, 10 July 2017

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“Imperceptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperceptive. Accessed 1 Jan. 2025.

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