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She critiques the unthinkingness of contemporary choreography, charging that it veers aimlessly from unimaginative imitation to strident innovations usually in the form of gymnastic or melodramatic excess, accentuated by overzealous lighting and special effects.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2012

His was not an unthinkingness; he did not perhaps think so much of his Subjects as they might wish; but he was far from being wanting to think of himself.

From A Character of King Charles the Second by Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of

The conservatism of unthinkingness is one of the potential forces of the world.

From Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel by Donnelly, Ignatius

The doctrine yet lingers by sheer force of prescription and unthinkingness, when the basis on which it originally rested has been dissipated.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

And, truly, I was utter angered with myself; and somewise also with her, in that she did not waken mine unthinkingness to this thing.

From The Night Land by Hodgson, William Hope