impulsive
adjective
actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses.
unimpulsive
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a word derived from
impulsive.
Example Sentences
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O'Brien, too, staid and unimpulsive as was his character, deliberate and circumspect as were his habits, was evidently inclined to give the weight of his name and influence to this "advanced" party.
From Speeches from the Dock, Part I by Various
The nervous processes of an impulsive being, are less remote from reflex actions than are those of an unimpulsive being.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Herbert Spencer
Something in Jacinth's premature wisdom—almost savouring of 'worldly' wisdom—rather repelled her, careful and unimpulsive though she herself was.
From Robin Redbreast A Story for Girls by Robert Barnes
“How quiet and unimpulsive he is,” thought Grey.
From One Maid's Mischief by George Manville Fenn
Mercy combined, in a very singular manner, some of the traits of an impulsive nature with those of an unimpulsive one.
From Mercy Philbrick's Choice by Helen Hunt Jackson
