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unexamined

American  
[uhn-ig-zam-ind] / ˌʌn ɪgˈzæm ɪnd /

adjective

  1. not having been examined; not inspected, explored, questioned, or thoroughly considered.


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As my colleagues and I argue in a friend-of-the-court brief for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, the justices shouldn’t let the religious-liberty consequences of this case go unexamined.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 1, 2025

But there is this unexamined and uninterrogated idea that some received procedure is the only thing that we have to evaluate what’s happening against now.

From Slate Jun. 9, 2025

Baldwin’s attorneys accused the state of misconduct, pointing to a batch of unexamined bullets that a potential witness turned over to sheriff’s investigators last March.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2025

A moral intuition is a value that is not fully conscious and is the unexamined foundation of many seemingly distinct issues, such as immigration, gender and sexual beliefs and the need to censor.

From Salon Oct. 17, 2024

On a desk in Las Vegas, film from infrared cameras revealing new, dangerous sources of heat coming from the bulge sat, unopened and unexamined.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

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