unreflective
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of unreflective
First recorded in 1850–55; un- 1 + reflective
Example Sentences
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He stressed the number of protesters was small and unreflective of the mood of most of the crowd.
From Reuters ● Sep. 12, 2022
“It’s just that I’m so unreflective about my own process and unself-conscious about it. These are natural questions, but I don’t think about that. I just … it’s like … I don’t know.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2019
Evil rejects reason and contemplation, and it is fundamentally unreflective.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2019
Rooney is often portrayed unfairly as an unreflective figure, the Premier League’s own standard-bearing meathead and all round goal-Shrek.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 17, 2016
But we find it eminently unreflective and naive; the very point of the passage is that she unconsciously reveals the deepest hidden thought and purpose of her heart to Ulysses.
From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Denton Jaques Snider
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