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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.
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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.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2026
The series stands alone, especially in one regard, which is key to its appeal: its unabashed and unreflective aspiration.
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Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
15 Aug. 2025
Impulses are unreflective urges or a strong desire to act without thinking.
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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.
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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.
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Noah Berlatsky,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Aug. 2023
The chapter is, on the whole, as brusquely unreflective as its title suggests.
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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.
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Gideon Rose,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Apr. 2022
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
The series stands alone, especially in one regard, which is key to its appeal: its unabashed and unreflective aspiration.
—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
15 Aug. 2025
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
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Your method of dismissing your flippant remarks, then, is probably the next best option to silence.
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Chick lit was flippant and fizzy and fun, above all, as effervescent and guiltless as a vodka soda.
Adjective
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One detour led me to Paul Krassner, a founding member of the Yippies, a radical (and radically goofy) New Left group.
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Alongside Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley and his best friend, Shaggy Rogers, Scooby spent decades unmasking supposedly supernatural villains while winning over generations of fans with his goofy charm, insatiable appetite and signature catchphrases.
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This is the wrong time for a baseball stadium — or anything that looks frivolous or smacks of cronyism.
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Wet paint auctions feel like a distant memory, with frivolous, speculative art buying, especially from 2020 to 2022, now being passé.
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Susan Blanchard co-starred as Tina Kelly, his scatterbrained housekeeper.
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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.
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In contrast, Dessalines is typically described as violent, unthinking, emotional and heartless.
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Along the way, Daisy and Hoke each will confront, acknowledge and, in a way, overcome their own often-unthinking prejudice.
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This tragedy serves as a powerful reminder that no family should have to bury a child because of someone’s thoughtless and irresponsible choices.
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This rhetoric is not just the thoughtless ramblings of mindless partisans.
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“Unreflective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreflective. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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