UNREFLECTIVE Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

unreflective

adjective

Definition of unreflective

as in flippant

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Recent Examples of unreflective The algae is a perfect metaphor to reflect on our unreflective president and his impulsive and solipsistic style of governing. — Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 23 June 2026 The Stranger is about an almost totally passive and unreflective character, a man whose sole moment of agency appears to be the random act of violence that condemns him to the guillotine. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2026 Impulses are unreflective urges or a strong desire to act without thinking. — Eric Wood, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025 These people are concerned that the superficial—attention to looks—will obscure and distract us from what is truly significant, turning us into unserious and unreflective people incapable of making the best of what’s left. — Judith Viorst, Allure, 1 Apr. 2025 The point of the book isn’t to solve the case or bring Kenny to justice, but to systematically reveal the paralyzing sinkhole of injustice that dissolves all hope and all strategies of resistance into a flat, unreflective goo. — Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023 The chapter is, on the whole, as brusquely unreflective as its title suggests. — Mark O’Connell, The New York Review of Books, 24 Nov. 2022 The frozen official arrangements for international order are increasingly unreflective of the global distribution of material power. — Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 25 Apr. 2022

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreflective

Adjective

Kyles suggested, recalling her immediate response to the president’s seemingly flippant remark.

— Chris Quintana, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026
Deadpool is proving to be surprisingly magnanimous as the flippant character loses a box office record to The Odyssey.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of flippant

Adjective

Mason was funny, goofy and crazy in all the right ways; he will be remembered for singing and dancing around the house with a wide smile on his face and a skip in his step.

— Matt Schooley, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
If the movie is more goofy than profound, that may be the point.

— Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of goofy

Adjective

In the tumultuous, post-COVID global landscape, there’s something fundamentally frivolous about getting wrapped up in your own personal dramas.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026
Thousands of drivers are still buying new vehicles despite sky-high prices, but there's strong demand for advanced driver assistance, safety and comfort features that were once considered frivolous luxuries.

— Charles Singh, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of frivolous

Adjective

Susan Blanchard co-starred as Tina Kelly, his scatterbrained housekeeper.

— Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The novel begins on a Monday afternoon like any other at its three adolescent central characters’ loving but scatterbrained aunt Xía’s house in Miami.

— Juan Vidal, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025

Definition of scatterbrained

Adjective

Watching the slow, unthinking undulations of Technicolor bells trailing lengthy tentacles like slo-mo ribbon dancers is strangely soothing.

— Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2026
In contrast, Dessalines is typically described as violent, unthinking, emotional and heartless.

— Julia Gaffield, The Conversation, 15 June 2026

Definition of unthinking

Adjective

At the outset of this chatty novel, the protagonist, Caroline, who was recently ghosted by a thoughtless man, has had a story published in this magazine.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
That self-deprecating description opens Tony, writer-director Matt Johnson’s movie about the one crazy summer that changed a thoughtless young lout’s life; for good measure, the quote does double duty as the tagline on the film’s poster.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of thoughtless

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