apprehend
verb (used with object)
to take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority.
unapprehending
-
a word derived from
apprehend.
Example Sentences
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We all know how in the industrial world something more than industry is needed; in the emotional world something more than a clumsy and unapprehending goodwill.
From The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine by Charles William Daniel
You almost make me say you are an unapprehending peasant woman, who have never been initiated into the proportions of social things.
From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
The indwelling Understanding apprehends all things through the Senses which are themselves inanimate and unapprehending.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
