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Synonyms

unreflecting

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

adjective

  1. not reflecting; unthinking.

    an unreflecting, self-satisfied man.


Other Word Forms

  • unreflectingly adverb

Etymology

Origin of unreflecting

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

Example Sentences

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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

He seems to have been a man of a princely mind, but a thoughtless, unreflecting disposition. 

From The Wye and Its Associations a picturesque ramble by Ritchie, Leitch

An ocean rolled between him and that passionate, headstrong woman whom he had loved with the unreflecting ardour of youth.

From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Boldrewood, Rolf