unreflected

[uhn-ri-flek-tid]

adjective

1. not reflected on; not given consideration.

   unreflected opinions.

2. not cast back, as light, heat, or an image.

   the unreflected heat of the sun.

unreflected

/ ˌʌnrɪˈflɛktɪd /

adjective

1. not considered

2. (of light, particles, etc, incident on a surface) not reflected; absorbed or transmitted

Word History and Origins

Origin of unreflected¹

First recorded in 1660–70; un- ¹ + reflect + -ed ²

Example Sentences

“I machine-cut shapes from card, to see what might happen if I were to use only unreflected tiles,” he said in an email.

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They have left their own future, and that of the country they claim to love, uncared for and unreflected on.

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We were both more and less ourselves in that undistinguished space, less burdened but less anchored too; freer and yet unreflected, for nothing there gave us back an image of ourselves.

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In a world that rewards unreflected confession, saying nothing can be an act of bravery.

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There is a period in every story of affection when the flame grows the brighter because unreflected, and seems the more concentrated because unreturned.

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