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Recent Examples of unreflective
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.
—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
Cage turns its unreflective dramatic form and unchallenging narrative conventions into a kind of living nightmare, which bypasses the movie’s mediocre ideas and trivial plot and raises it—if only a few fleeting moments at a time—into the realm of the extraordinary.
—Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 17 July 2021
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
Cage turns its unreflective dramatic form and unchallenging narrative conventions into a kind of living nightmare, which bypasses the movie’s mediocre ideas and trivial plot and raises it—if only a few fleeting moments at a time—into the realm of the extraordinary.
—Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 17 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreflective
Adjective
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During his Monday night Daily Show episode, the political comic blasted the POTUS’ flippant attitude toward his largely unfavorable military decisions in the SWANA region.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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Given how flippant Rodgers has been with his decision-making over the last few years, and his insistence that he won’t be bullied into deciding his future on anyone’s timeline but his makes predicting what the four-time MVP will do quite a tough ask.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But the sketch is the same goofy girl as in my mirror—V-neck T-shirt, wide forehead, low ponytail showing my ear piercings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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With respect to any of the real deaths on display in the 1978 Faces of Death, the movie is mostly just goofy.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Another bill is intended to deter frivolous challenges to a person’s right to vote and protect against efforts to illegally disqualify or purge voters (A6354 and S3233A).—
Phyllis Tashlik,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2026
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There’s nothing frivolous about playing or listening to music.—
Keith Wagstaff,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Susan Blanchard co-starred as Tina Kelly, his scatterbrained housekeeper.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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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.—
Juan Vidal,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
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And that’s a pretty thoughtless way to approach a conflict that’s already killed so many.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
15 Mar. 2026
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Scenes meant to convey fondness and dramatic weight instead flatten into thoughtless repetition, as the series’ decades-long dissection of the final girl reveals itself as a stale brand asset.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Unreflective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreflective. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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