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[ uhn-ri-flek-ting ] / ˌʌn rɪˈflɛk tɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unreflecting ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot reflecting; unthinking: an unreflecting, self-satisfied man. Origin of unreflectingFirst recorded in 1655–65; un-1 + reflect + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM unreflectingun·re·flect·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby unreflectingunrecorded, unreel, unreeve, unrefined, unreflected, unreflecting, unreflective, unregenerate, unregistered, unregulated, unrehearsed Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unreflectingIt is not primarily a question of unreflecting happiness, but a question of the wide development of manhood and womanhood. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic|Sidney L. Gulick It is not at all apparent to the ordinary mind, escaping the unreflecting. Essay on the Creative Imagination|Th. Ribot He spoke, not from his better knowledge and his conscience, but from blind, unreflecting passion. Cotton is King and The Pro-Slavery Arguments|Various Let some young and unreflecting Englishman compare this state of things with that which is at this moment in existence in Spain! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846|Various
It was during this period of turbulent, energetic, unreflecting, intellectual activity that the change came upon him.
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