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unreflecting

[ uhn-ri-flek-ting ]

/ ˌʌn rɪˈflɛk tɪŋ /

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adjective

not reflecting; unthinking: an unreflecting, self-satisfied man.

Origin of unreflecting

First recorded in 1655–65; un-¹ + reflect + -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM unreflecting

un·re·flect·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby unreflecting

unrecorded, unreel, unreeve, unrefined, unreflected, unreflecting, unreflective, unregenerate, unregistered, unregulated, unrehearsed

Example sentences from the Web for unreflecting

It 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.

Sermons |J. B. Lightfoot