ppl. a. [UN-1 10.] Not apprehending or understanding; dull-witted.

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1593.  Nashe, Strange Newes, Wks. (Grosart), II. 253. Art thou so innocent & vnconceiuing that thou shouldst ere hope to dash mee quite out of request?

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1614.  R. Tailor, Hog hath lost Pearl, III. E j b. Why should I teach them, and go beate my braines, To instruct vnapt, and vnconceauing dolts?

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1740.  Cibber, Apol. (1756), I. 124. A broad laughing voice,… round shoulders, an unconceiving eye.

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