inapprehensive

American  

[in-ap-ri-hen-siv] / ˌɪn æp rɪˈhɛn sɪv /

adjective

1. not apprehensive (often followed byof ).

2. without apprehension.

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inapprehensive British  

/ ˌɪnæprɪˈhɛnsɪv /

adjective

1. not perceiving or feeling fear or anxiety; untroubled

2. rare  unable to understand; imperceptive

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Other Word Forms

• inapprehensively adverb
• inapprehensiveness noun

Etymology

Origin of inapprehensive

First recorded in 1645–55; in- ³ + apprehensive

Example Sentences

She realized the pitfalls that lie in wait for persons as simple and as inapprehensive as Annette, especially when they are beautiful as well, and she sighed.

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So it happens that when those who use the word 'realist' use it with no unanimity of intent and with a loose, inapprehensive application, it is not easy for me, who repudiate it altogether, to make a guess at its meaning.

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For years, it seems, he has been writing poetry, but it is only recently that an inapprehensive country has awakened to the fact.

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She is inapprehensive that by her side stands an incarnation of dormant passion, needing nothing but a look from her to burst into immense life.

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All the birds of this class are strangely inapprehensive of danger when moulting or hatching.

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