nonthinking

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Adjective
  • Along the way, Daisy and Hoke each will confront, acknowledge and, in a way, overcome their own often-unthinking prejudice.
    Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026
  • To stay in that state of unthinking presence was like walking a tightrope only to suddenly look down, panic, and come plunging back to Earth.
    Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Like to me, acting is an irrational act.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
  • In conditions where the discount rate is compressed by policy and asset prices rise persistently, investors are not irrational to de-prioritize the footnotes.
    Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026
Adjective
  • Protect your team from the worst of what politically unintelligent leadership produces.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • More and more people are avoiding dating or befriending those with opposing political views, and growing numbers describe those on the other side as closed-minded, dishonest, immoral and unintelligent.
    Justin Callais, Twin Cities, 5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Mid-century collective behavior theories considered social movements to be nonrational, spontaneous events occurring during moments of social and cultural breakdown.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Bainbridge knew about secrets and unreasoning shame.
    Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Let sound political prescience but take the place of an unreasoning prejudice, and this will be done.
    Frederick Douglass, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2017
Adjective
  • This siloed approach places an unreasonable burden on manufacturing teams to integrate disparate AI systems, reconcile conflicting recommendations and synthesize insights manually.
    Joel Scutchfield, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • As the complaints piled on, Congress voted to expand the powers of the FMC via the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA), giving the agency the authority to investigate and penalize carriers for unreasonable practices.
    Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
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“Nonthinking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonthinking. Accessed 30 May. 2026.

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