as in ignorant
done or said in a foolish way without thinking about the possible effects
unthinking remarks His unthinking agreement made me uneasy.
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Recent Examples of unthinking
The point is made: Pinocchio might have a hole where his heart should be, but is the unthinking servile person any less hollow?
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Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
For tens of millions of Americans, COVID-19 disrupted an important and largely unthinking habit: going to their place of work.
—Roger Martin, Fortune, 7 July 2022
But Russians are also considered by their leaders as an unthinking mass that must blindly follow their leader.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2022
There follows a curt, violent Scherzo—an apotheosis of unthinking force.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2022
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Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
For tens of millions of Americans, COVID-19 disrupted an important and largely unthinking habit: going to their place of work.
—Roger Martin, Fortune, 7 July 2022
But Russians are also considered by their leaders as an unthinking mass that must blindly follow their leader.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2022
There follows a curt, violent Scherzo—an apotheosis of unthinking force.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unthinking
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Their earliest performances could be fun and irreverent, too, but Boy George says they were also marred by ignorant, homophobic heckling.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
14 June 2026
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And using both words does not reveal that a person is ignorant but rather cosmopolitan.—
Kirk Bowman,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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Dems slow to embrace data center resistance McMillan Cottom suggested that no public officials on the right or the left have perfected their messaging to align with anti-data center sentiments.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2026
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Eating a donut earlier in the day is easier on your body than eating it at night when insulin sensitivity and metabolism slow.—
Brandi Jones,
Verywell Health,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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Armando Chavez, owner of local business NorCal Siders, was brought in for a simple roof patch-up but left with a big idea.—
Kayla Moeller,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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The cause can be something as simple as a lack of water or more complex, like fungal wilt diseases, tomato wilt viruses, walnut toxicity, or boring insects.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
17 June 2026
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It’s presented without winks or nudges, neither as a joke nor necessarily foolish.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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If the target was foolish enough to reuse passwords, credential thefts like these could enable the compromise of more important accounts.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
3 June 2026
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Even as the United States expanded its rule, there always remained a dim sense that an Empire of Liberty was a contradiction.—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
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To be fair, the Mission 1 Pro and Action 5 Pro both show a soft image without a lot of detail in this extreme low light scenario, a full-frame camera is a better tool for video in minimal light, but among action cameras the Mission 1 Pro is a standout for dim light.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
11 June 2026
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The pyrotechnics, however, come from Amanda and Danielle, who get in one of those stupid fights that are only possible after a full day of drinking in a retro vehicle.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
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Yes, Ken really is this stupid.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
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That leaves many residents uninformed about the terms and conditions of the agreements.—
Sanggay Tashi,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
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That's the endless complaint from a number of uninformed fans, outside observers, certain media members and opposing owners happy to push for a salary cap to guarantee themselves more profits.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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Stolen bases, once treated as a reckless relic of the uneducated past, are at levels not seen since the freewheeling 1980s.—
Chad Jennings,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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The animals help Tim, who proves uneducated in the methods of deduction, investigate a series of local suspects portrayed by Molly Gordon, Hong Chau, Emma Thompson, Kobna Holbrook-Smith, Nicholas Galitzine, Tosin Cole and Conleth Hill, among others.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
7 May 2026
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“Unthinking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unthinking. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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