Definition of unexamined
: not subjected to examination (such as critical scrutiny, analysis, or comparison) : not carefully weighed or examined
- … encouraging students to question their own unexamined beliefs …
- —Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
- With every aspect of public education coming under increased scrutiny, no program is left unexamined.
- —Patty Kohler and Jacque Reese
- "The unexamined life is not worth living."
- —translation of Socrates, as quoted in Plato's Apology
