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unreflecting

American  
[uhn-ri-flek-ting] / ˌʌn rɪˈflɛk tɪŋ /

adjective

  1. not reflecting; unthinking.

    an unreflecting, self-satisfied man.


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Etymology

Origin of unreflecting

First recorded in 1655–65; un- 1 + reflect + -ing 2

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Your eyes … are cool-coloured, sort of air force blue-grey, and strangely unreflecting.

From The Guardian Nov. 16, 2015

Very few people take up one or the other of these extremes, although the latter comes closer to a common, natural, and unreflecting point of view.

From Slate Oct. 6, 2015

I have seen her, sometimes, when she thinks I’m not looking: her face goes still, remote, unreflecting.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

His ideas on what transcends experience appear thus to have been without the unity arising from an unreflecting acceptance of tradition, or from the basis of philosophical consistency.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

At this moment, also, came the unreflecting Rabette, and would fain draw him into the general joy, and said, "Does anything ail thee?"

From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul

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