Asunetos describes those portrayed as lacking understanding, whether addressed directly or characterized in a wider description.

The attested use describes a lack of understanding: it is addressed directly to listeners in Mark 7:18 and Matthew 15:16, and it characterizes a nation, a heart, and people in Romans 10:19, Romans 1:21, and Romans 1:31.

1. Lacking understanding · dominant

   In Mark 7:18 and Matthew 15:16, the nominative plural masculine form occurs in questions to listeners who do not understand the stated point. In Romans 10:19, Romans 1:21, and Romans 1:31, the adjective characterizes a nation, a heart darkened amid futile reasonings, and people in a list of negative descriptions; the APB renders these clauses with “senseless,” “senseless heart,” and “Foolish.”

   Mark 7:18Matthew 15:16Romans 10:19Romans 1:21Romans 1:31

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the direct questions in Mark 7:18 and Matthew 15:16 as “without understanding.” In the Romans clauses it uses “senseless,” “senseless heart,” and “Foolish”; These renderings indicate the clauses' presentation rather than fixed equivalents.