unreflective

adjective un·re·flec·tive \ ˌən-ri-ˈflek-tiv \

|Updated on: 29 May 2018

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

Recent Examples of unreflective from the Web

Perhaps an old-fashioned medium, especially when executed to perfection, provides an antidote to the unreflective dross of Facebook and Snapchat.

— 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.

— 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.

— 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.

— 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.

— 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.

— richard brody, The New Yorker, "Patriots Day," 31 Mar. 2017

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