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That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in their social and civil condition, merely proves that they are the unreflecting slaves of custom.
Lydia M. Child

Meaning of "unreflecting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNREFLECTING

unreflecting  [ˌʌnrɪˈflɛktɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNREFLECTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unreflecting is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNREFLECTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unreflecting in the English dictionary

The definition of unreflecting in the dictionary is impulsive or unconsidered. Other definition of unreflecting is not reflecting, absorbing or transmitting light etc.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNREFLECTING


acting
ˈæktɪŋ
affecting
əˈfɛktɪŋ
bioprospecting
ˌbaɪəʊˈprɒspɛktɪŋ
collecting
kəˈlektɪŋ
conflicting
kənˈflɪktɪŋ
connecting
kəˈnɛktɪŋ
distracting
dɪsˈtræktɪŋ
exacting
ɪɡˈzæktɪŋ
expecting
ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ
fast-acting
ˈfɑːstˌæktɪŋ
nonreflecting
ˌnɒnrɪˈflɛktɪŋ
projecting
prəˈdʒɛktɪŋ
prospecting
prəˈspɛktɪŋ
quick-acting
ˈkwɪkˌæktɪŋ
respecting
rɪˈspɛktɪŋ
subcontracting
ˌsʌbkɒnˈtræktɪŋ
superconducting
ˌsuːpəkənˈdʌktɪŋ
tax-collecting
ˈtækskəˌlɛktɪŋ
unaffecting
ˌʌnəˈfɛktɪŋ
unsuspecting
ˌʌnsəˈspɛktɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNREFLECTING

unredrest
unreduced
unreducible
unreel
unreeler
unreeve
unreeving
unrefined
unrefined oil
unreflected
unreflectingly
unreflective
unreflectively
unreformable
unreformed
unrefracted
unrefreshed
unrefreshing
unrefrigerated
unrefuted

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNREFLECTING

accounting
afflicting
constricting
double-acting
intermediate-acting
long-acting
method acting
nonconducting
noninteracting
play-acting
redistricting
refracting
self-acting
self-correcting
self-respecting
semiconducting
short-acting
single-acting
slow-acting
stamp collecting
straight-acting

Synonyms and antonyms of unreflecting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unreflecting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNREFLECTING

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The translations of unreflecting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unreflecting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

那些没有思想
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

irreflexiva
570 millions of speakers

English

unreflecting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unreflecting
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

unreflecting
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бездумное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

irrefletido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

unreflecting
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

irréfléchie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Unreflecting
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unreflektierten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無分別な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

unreflecting
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unreflecting
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không suy nghi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unreflecting
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सिध्दांत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yansımasız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

irriflessivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezrefleksyjne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бездумне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unreflecting
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unreflecting
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onnadenkend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oreflekterad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unreflecting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unreflecting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNREFLECTING»

The term «unreflecting» is normally little used and occupies the 147.969 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNREFLECTING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unreflecting

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QUOTES WITH «UNREFLECTING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unreflecting.
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Lydia M. Child
That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in their social and civil condition, merely proves that they are the unreflecting slaves of custom.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNREFLECTING»

Discover the use of unreflecting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unreflecting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Federico Garcia Lorca and the Culture of Male Homosexuality
The two variations of the second line of Lorca's sonnet are: “in the moss of an unreflecting north” and “in the north of an unreflecting sky.” Moss is a cryptogamous plant. The adjective “cryptogamous” comes from two Greek words: kryptos ...
Ángel Sahuquillo, 2007
2
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
The fact of the existence of evil no one denies ; and the existence of free-will it, by the concurrent unreflecting testimony of all mankind, admitted to be a fact, opposed only by the metaphysical objections of a few. That all mankind act, speak, ...
‎1821
3
The Edinburgh monthly magazine [afterw.] Blackwood's ...
The fact of the existence of evil no one denies ; and the existence of free-will is, by the concurrent unreflecting testimony of all mankind, admitted to be a Jact, opposed only by the metaphysical objections of a few. That all mankind act, speak, ...
‎1821
4
The Dawning of Gods Peace
Unreflecting images, That, reflect like glass, Bound by images, that, reflect the past, The opportunity, the chance, The hope of sons, Living in the fear of the evil one, Their greatest agenda, The agenda of flesh, Mental anguish, And spiritual ...
Minister David Cousar, 2011
5
Resolution: Part Three of the Sphinx of the Confederacy
Unreflecting love.” “Unreflecting love?” “It's what Keats calls true love, love that is so devoted to the other that it doesn't consider the self.” He sipped his drink. “You, my young friend, are not in need of cheering up. Your mind is filled with young ...
F. J. Freitag, 2006
6
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
... the wrong may soon cease, and that meanwhile it may be endured : but patience is in vain — the evil only increases ; and resistance, when it does break out, is but the more violent and more unreflecting from having been pent so long up.
‎1882
7
Who Is a Christian?:
The. Average. and. the. Unreflecting. Assumption. So the Christian must shine? Buthow? Now we are back to thedread question with which we began. Everyone feelsthat,atanyrate, things cannot continue as they are. It will nolongerdo.
Hans Urs von Balthasar, 2014
8
Three Essays on Religion
... unreflecting and uncalculating impulse receives a kind of consecration, except those which, though unreflecting at the moment, owe their origin to previous habits of reflection: these, being evidently not instinctive, do not meet with the favour ...
John Stuart Mill, Lou Matz, 2009
9
The Oppositional Imagination (RLE Feminist Theory): ...
Hampshire calls this degenerated condition “the unreflecting state of a morality left to itself”23-when purposes “harden into habit and heedlessness, when comparison and reflection die ... and ... intentions are fixed, always formulated... in the ...
Joan Cocks, 2012
10
Napoleon and the Grand Army in Russia, Or A Critical ...
Thb author carries us to Wilna, which he represents as given up to all the transports of joy ; but he takes care to inform us, that this " enthu- " siasm, unreflecting in some, and the mere effect " of excitement in others, was of short duration.
Gaspard Baron Gourgaud, 1825

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNREFLECTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unreflecting is used in the context of the following news items.
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Adidas 7v7 Tournament day three: Austin Westlake takes down …
... Brock Wright, and the Bobcats played well against Manvel until the Mavericks pulled away in the second half with a score unreflecting of the competitive game: ... «TexasHSFootball.com, Jul 15»
2
Predicting the future of the Redskins brand
Nunberg told The Washington Post: “Racist usage isn't usually a deliberate choice, just an unreflecting habit of mind.” Yet as mentioned, the linguistics ... «World Trademark Review, Apr 15»
3
Mugabe an insensitive ruler
It is credit to Zanu PF's propagandistic flair that it has engendered pervasive and unreflecting mimicry of this as the sole cause of Zimbabwe's economic troubles. «Nehanda Radio, Apr 15»
4
flourishing in a heap of political garbage
It's an election year and the leaders are still treating us as if we are sheep, unreflecting, living from day to day, easily distracted by smutty theatricals. How could ... «Trinidad Guardian, Mar 15»
5
Why Climate Change is a Moral Crusade in Search of a Scientific …
These include “Unreflecting centralism,” the notion that things are always best planned from the top. A firm faith in local preference and national champions. «Breitbart News, Mar 15»
6
Lament of an educator/parent
The belief that there is more in our experience of the world than can possibly meet the unreflecting eye, that our experience is significant for us, and worth the ... «OUPblog, Mar 15»
7
The poet as 'strategic' ironist.
Unreflecting affectation is normally the cause of this bungling. Something is felt to be not-ironic-enough only when there is palpably an element of irony already ... «The Fortnightly Review, Mar 15»
8
Ageism and Its End (Prejudice Against Seniors)
Until I turned sixty-six, retired, and officially joined the ranks of “the olds,” I lived for decades as an unreflecting and unapologetic ageist. Not as a mean-spirited ... «Guardian Liberty Voice, Mar 15»
9
An English Ghost Story
The conversation between the Naremores is stilted, awkward and unreflecting of what people might actually say, and feels as though Newman is trying to hit the ... «HorrorTalk, Jan 15»
10
THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS (1812): 60-second review
As befits a center city Philadelphia theatrical production, the humor retains a unreflecting liberal perspective (but then Republicans do provide such comedy ... «Phindie, Dec 14»

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