Antonyms for unreflective
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : uhn-ri-flek-tiv |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn rɪˈflɛk tɪv |
Definition of unreflective
- As in thoughtless : adj absent-minded, unobservant
- As in unguarded : adj thoughtless; unwary
- As in careless : adj without sufficient attention
- Then with an unreflective inspiration: “Did you ever read about Launcelot and Guinevere?”
- Extract from : « The Flaw in the Sapphire » by Charles M. Snyder
- Let it not for a moment be supposed that men such as those we speak of are weak and unreflective.
- Extract from : « Character » by Samuel Smiles
- Logical conduct is, then, conduct which aims to remove ambiguity and inhibition in unreflective conduct.
- Extract from : « Creative Intelligence » by John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen
- They are the spontaneous expression of careless, wanton, unreflective youth.
- Extract from : « Wine, Women, and Song » by Various
- He had a curious singleness of purpose, as unreasoning and unreflective as an animal in search of food.
- Extract from : « The Debtor » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- A correlate to the unreflective impersonal judgment is found in early custom.
- Extract from : « Studies in Logical Theory » by John Dewey
- The old, old problem forces itself on the most unreflective mind at every turn in the gay streets of Udaipur.
- Extract from : « From Sea to Sea » by Rudyard Kipling
- He could only fall in with her unreflective mood and leave the dreadful truth to its own evil time.
- Extract from : « The Wings of the Morning » by Louis Tracy
- The light-hearted, luxurious, unreflective days were gone, never probably in our time to return.
- Extract from : « Up and Down » by Edward Frederic Benson
- Without stress and strain, without struggle, it just displaces the object which unreflective impulse had suggested.
- Extract from : « Ethics » by John Dewey and James Hayden Tufts
Synonyms for unreflective
- absent-minded
- abstracted
- accessible
- artless
- bovine
- candid
- careless
- casual
- confused
- cursory
- direct
- disregardful
- doltish
- dull
- empty-headed
- flighty
- foolhardy
- foolish
- forgetful
- frank
- hasty
- headlong
- heedless
- honest
- ill-advised
- ill-considered
- impolitic
- improvident
- imprudent
- impulsive
- inaccurate
- inadvertent
- inane
- inattentive
- incautious
- incomprehensible
- inconsiderate
- indifferent
- indiscreet
- indolent
- inept
- ingenuous
- injudicious
- irrational
- irreflective
- irresponsible
- lackadaisical
- lamebrained
- lax
- loony
- loose
- mindless
- naive
- napping
- neglectful
- negligent
- nonchalant
- oblivious
- obtuse
- offhand
- perfunctory
- pococurante
- puerile
- rash
- reckless
- regardless
- remiss
- senseless
- silly
- slipshod
- sloppy
- spontaneous
- straightforward
- stupid
- thoughtless
- unalert
- uncircumspect
- unconcerned
- unconscious
- undiplomatic
- undiscerning
- unguarded
- unheeding
- unmindful
- unobservant
- unpremeditated
- unreasonable
- unreasoning
- unreflective
- unthinking
- unvigilant
- unwatchful
- unwise
- vacuous
- vulnerable
- wasteful
- weak
- witless
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