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impercipient

UK/ɪmpəˈsɪpɪənt/

impercipient adjective: lacking perception; unable to perceive.

Adjective

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

impercipient meaning in Tamil

impercipient in Tamil

புலனறிவு குறைபாட்டுடைய, புலனறிவிற்குறைபாடுடைய

Forms of impercipient

comparativemore impercipient
superlativemost impercipient

Origin of impercipient

From im- + percipient.

Words formed from impercipient

Questions about impercipient

What does impercipient mean?
Impercipient means lacking perception; unable to perceive.
What is impercipient in Tamil?
Impercipient in Tamil is புலனறிவு குறைபாட்டுடைய, புலனறிவிற்குறைபாடுடைய. See Impercipient meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is impercipient?
Impercipient is an adjective.
How do you pronounce impercipient?
Impercipient is pronounced /ɪmpəˈsɪpɪənt/ (UK).

Words near impercipient in the dictionary

  1. imperceptively
  2. imperceptiveness
  3. imperceptivity
  4. impercipience
  5. impercipiences
  6. impercipient
  7. impercipiently
  8. imperdible
  9. imperence
  10. imperences
  11. imperf

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Adapted from Wiktionary: impercipient (page history and authors); impercipient (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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