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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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What we are watching with her is someone collecting new credibility with each provocative and unlikely alliance while the actual content of her work continues largely unexamined by the outlets that cover her rise.

From Salon ● May 23, 2026

We’re there now, and that feels deeply unexamined, even though we are in the world that that created now, and it’s not a good one.

From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2026

What Ray perceives as unexamined thinking and entrenched prejudice is, along with a clear warning about climate change, very present in “Burn the Water.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026

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

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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