impercipient

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UK/ɪmpəˈsɪpɪənt/

adjective

Lacking perception; unable to perceive.

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Meanings

adjectiveimpercipient (comparative more impercipient, superlative most impercipient)

comparative more impercipient · superlative most impercipient

  1. Lacking perception; unable to perceive.

    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.

    1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 215

Origin

From im- + percipient.

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APA

impercipient. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impercipient

MLA

“impercipient.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impercipient. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impercipient,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impercipient.

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