unperceptiveness
- noun
- /ˌʌnpərˈsɛptɪvnəs/
:
insensibilidad
- The critic's unperceptiveness was evident in her failure to grasp the story's deeper meaning.
Examples
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His unperceptiveness made it difficult for him to notice when others needed help.
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She was frustrated by her manager's unperceptiveness to the team's concerns.
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His unperceptiveness to her feelings was frustrating.
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The teacher's unperceptiveness led to misunderstandings in class.
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His unperceptiveness made it difficult for him to notice when others needed help.
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She was frustrated by her manager's unperceptiveness to the team's concerns.
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The critic's unperceptiveness was evident in her failure to grasp the story's deeper meaning.
Synonyms
5
4.2
Not knowing what to do or how something works
4
6.9
A feeling of not being able to understand something
2
5.4
Not knowing or noticing something
2
7.3
A lack of thought or care in what someone does
1
5.7
Not noticing or understanding something important
1
8.1
Being slow to understand or notice things
A lack of awareness of what is happening
A lack of understanding of instructions or ideas
A lack of knowledge or needed information about something
Not knowing about something
Not being aware of a fact or change
A state of not knowing or understanding things
Lack of attention that makes you forget or ignore tasks
A lack of care or sympathy
Being unaware of something
Antonyms
How Perceptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
unperceptiveness = unperceptive (transparent) = un + perceptive + ness
Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'unperceptive', a regular and predictable derivation.
Etymology
Unperceptiveness starts with un- meaning 'not' and the part perceive meaning 'to notice or understand', the same idea you see in perception and perceptive. So, unperceptiveness is the state of not noticing or understanding other people's feelings or the deeper meaning of something.