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inapprehensive

[in-ap-ri-hen-siv]

adjective

  1. not apprehensive (often followed byof ).

  2. without apprehension.



inapprehensive

/ 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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inapprehensive1

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

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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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