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un·re·flec·tive | \ ˌən-ri-ˈflek-tiv 
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\Definition of unreflective
: not reflective: such as
a : unthinking, heedless an unreflective person an unreflective impulse unreflective dogma
b : not reflecting something
TV made some moves toward reflecting reality. Very small moves; very unreflective of reality.— Dorothy Uhnak
c : not producing a reflection
an unreflective surface
Examples of unreflective in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web Being even mildly bullish can seem a bit unreflective.
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The Economist, "The case for a falling dollar," 14 Nov. 2019 Perhaps an old-fashioned medium, especially when executed to perfection, provides an antidote to the unreflective dross of Facebook and Snapchat.
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Randall Balmer, Washington Post, "‘Love is the only way’: How a black preacher’s royal wedding address showed the power of a good sermon," 21 May 2018 But the Fall 2018 runways, from New York to Paris, felt strangely apolitical and unreflective of the world around us.
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Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, "Buying into Feminism: When Fashion Designers Sell Politics Alongside Their Clothes," 5 Apr. 2018 Surfers, to judge from the throngs who gleefully paddled out from Florida to New England, make for unreflective scholars of the divine.
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James Ryerson, New York Times, "What’s Bad News for Coastlines Can Be Good News for Surfers," 29 Dec. 2017 Only occasionally does Trump let slip his mask of unreflective invincibility.
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The New York Times, NOLA.com, "A dozen Diet Cokes, hours of cable TV news: Trump's daily routine detailed," 10 Dec. 2017 Only occasionally does Trump let slip his mask of unreflective invincibility.
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Anchorage Daily News, "As Trump redefines what it means to be president, an in-depth look at his approach," 10 Dec. 2017 Peter Berg’s docudrama, about the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon and the hunt for its perpetrators, is vigorous, sentimental, and unreflective.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, "Patriots Day," 31 Mar. 2017
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