unthinking

adjective

Definition of unthinkingnext
as in ignorant
done or said in a foolish way without thinking about the possible effects unthinking remarks His unthinking agreement made me uneasy.

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Recent Examples of unthinking There’s the interest in Britney Spears and pop icons who had been assumed to be vacant, unthinking ingénues. — Brandon Tensley, CNN, 23 Dec. 2022 But Russians are also considered by their leaders as an unthinking mass that must blindly follow their leader. — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2022 There follows a curt, violent Scherzo—an apotheosis of unthinking force. — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2022 In my youth, and perhaps yours, Wilson was presented in history books as a tragic hero whom the unthinking American people didn’t deserve. — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 16 Mar. 2022 See All Example Sentences for unthinking
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unthinking
  1. ignorant
  2. slow
  3. simple
  4. foolish
  5. uninformed
  6. uneducated
  7. unintellectual
  8. stupid
Adjective
  • Also, the incorrect assumption among those who either are ignorant of the real economic realities or just don’t care and just want to pander to their own districts.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The old worst dressed lists could be cruel, sexist, culturally ignorant, and spectacularly misguided.
    — Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of ignorant
Adjective
  • Because mRNA technology bypasses the slow process of growing viruses in eggs, mRNA manufacturing allows for later influenza strain selection and fast production, unlike traditional vaccines.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • After his sudden death in 1960, Olivetti began a slow decline and was eventually broken up and merged with a telecommunications company.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of slow
Adjective
  • Ahead, design industry pros share the 7 decor mistakes that could be outdating your living room, along with simple fixes to refresh the space.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The equation is even simpler for Bernie Margulies, CEO of American Compute, which advises on risk management for GPU financing.
    — Kif Leswing,Isabel O'Brien,Seema Mody, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of simple
Adjective
  • With Oracle having lost more than $20 billion in stock-market value today, this appears to be penny-wise and pound foolish.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • While the era’s bust eventually brought most of those ventures to an end, Brown said the experience taught him not to let the fear of failure—or looking foolish—get in the way.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of foolish
Adjective
  • In fact, Gerrod Moore, a brand manager of Maytag advises against uninformed stainless steel cleaning experimentation, because some kitchen cleaning go-to’s like bleach, glass cleaner, abrasive cleaners, and steel wool may damage the metal.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Call them wrong, or confused, or uninformed, but these are the voters who decide elections.
    — Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of uninformed
Adjective
  • Ira, in my very uneducated opinion, there are eight teams in the East that could finish first, and any of those eight could be eighth.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
  • As a peripheral community grows around them, this lawless terrain is suddenly subject to boundaries and contracts and taxes; both uneducated and illiterate, Isak and Inger are ill prepared for such societal evolution.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of uneducated
Adjective
  • In the novel, Julia is a highly sexualized, unintellectual figure who simply hates the control of the state, but the Sichuan University students turned her into a secret Party agent.
    — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022
Definition of unintellectual
Adjective
  • Parents who decline to vaccinate their children have been called selfish and stupid.
    — Nicholas Florko, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026
  • No one is evil, but people do stupid things, which accords with my own memories of college.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of stupid

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“Unthinking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unthinking. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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