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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

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

Again, take such sayings as these from the Dhammapada: "As rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, passion will break through an unreflecting mind."

From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix

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