unreflective
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- unreflectively adverb
Etymology
Origin of unreflective
First recorded in 1850–55; un- 1 + reflective
Example Sentences
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He subjects to close inspection “ordinary fleeting moments” that might otherwise be unreflectively assimilated.
From Washington Post
He stressed the number of protesters was small and unreflective of the mood of most of the crowd.
From Reuters
He “recognized the courts were unreflective of the country,” Brooks said, noting that most judges were white men who worked as corporate attorneys or as prosecutors.
From Los Angeles Times
Under such circumstances, education becomes more than an obsession with accountability schemes and market values, and an unreflective immersion in the crude empiricism of a data-obsessed market-driven society.
From Salon
Bruno Lage, though, has different priorities, his team’s 0 league points and goals unreflective of their aggressive intent or level of performance.
From The Guardian
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