Synonyms

unthought

¹ American

[uhn-thawt] / ʌnˈθɔt /

verb

simple past tense and past participle of unthink.

adjective

not thought; not framed in a thought or thoughts.

an unthought advantage.
not expected; not anticipated (often followed byof ).

an unthought-of place to find the key.

unthought ² American

[uhn-thawt] / ʌnˈθɔt /

noun

an absence of thought.

Etymology

Origin of unthought¹

1530–40; unthought ¹ ( defs. 2, 3 ) un- ¹ + thought ²

Origin of unthought²

First recorded in 1865–70; un- ¹ + thought ¹

Example Sentences

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So the unthought provoking former big red head obviously struck a nerve with a few.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2019

Much as I appreciate the TSA’s efforts, I worry that its attempt to develop new screening methodologies will bring new irritations, redirecting our time with the agency in as yet unthought ways.

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2017

But once you put it that way, once you step back and see Burke’s writing as a meta-critical defense of unthought tradition, you start to feel the irony of his situation.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 1, 2016

It seemed odd to Aly that even a week ago the idea of protest had been something abstract, even unthought of, and if thought about at all, easily dismissed with cynicism.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2015

For the most part it is uninspected, unimagined, unthought, a representation of the thing, and not the thing itself.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

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