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As adults, we do know more, but we don't know enough. People can be very unthinkingly callous.
Dennis Potter

Meaning of "unthinkingly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNTHINKINGLY

unthinkingly  [ʌnˈθɪŋkɪŋlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNTHINKINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unthinkingly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES UNTHINKINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unthinkingly in the English dictionary

The definition of unthinkingly in the dictionary is in a thoughtless or inconsiderate manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNTHINKINGLY


achingly
ˈeɪkɪŋlɪ
breathtakingly
ˈbrɛθteɪkɪŋlɪ
half-jokingly
ˌhɑːfˈdʒəʊkɪŋlɪ
heartbreakingly
ˈhɑːtˌbreɪkɪŋlɪ
jokingly
ˈdʒəʊkɪŋlɪ
kingly
ˈkɪŋlɪ
mockingly
ˈmɒkɪŋlɪ
painstakingly
ˈpeɪnzteɪkɪŋlɪ
prankingly
ˈpræŋkɪŋlɪ
shockingly
ˈʃɒkɪŋlɪ
shrinkingly
ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋlɪ
spankingly
ˈspæŋkɪŋlɪ
stinkingly
ˈstɪŋkɪŋlɪ
strikingly
ˈstraɪkɪŋlɪ
takingly
ˈteɪkɪŋlɪ
thinkingly
ˈθɪŋkɪŋlɪ
unblinkingly
ˌʌnˈblɪŋkɪŋlɪ
unshrinkingly
ʌnˈʃrɪŋkɪŋlɪ
unwinkingly
ʌnˈwɪŋkɪŋlɪ
winkingly
ˈwɪŋkɪŋlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNTHINKINGLY

unthawed
untheological
untheoretical
unthickened
unthink
unthinkability
unthinkable
unthinkableness
unthinkably
unthinking
unthinkingness
unthorough
unthought
unthought-of
unthoughtful
unthoughtfully
unthread
unthreatened
unthreatening
unthrift

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNTHINKINGLY

accordingly
amazingly
astonishingly
correspondingly
exceedingly
increasingly
interestingly
irritatingly
knowingly
livingly
lovingly
overwhelmingly
seemingly
sickeningly
singly
sparingly
strongly
stunningly
surprisingly
unknowingly
willingly

Synonyms and antonyms of unthinkingly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unthinkingly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNTHINKINGLY

Find out the translation of unthinkingly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unthinkingly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unthinkingly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不假思索
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

irreflexivamente
570 millions of speakers

English

unthinkingly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बिना सोचे समझे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بدون تفكير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бездумно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unthinkingly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হঠকারিতার সহিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sans réfléchir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanpa berfikir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gedankenlos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

うっかり
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

생각없이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unthinkingly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không suy nghĩ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிந்தனையின்றிக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अविचारीपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

unthinkingly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

senza pensarci
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezmyślnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бездумно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fără să se gândească
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unthinkingly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onnadenkend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unthinkingly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unthinkingly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unthinkingly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNTHINKINGLY»

The term «unthinkingly» is regularly used and occupies the 102.954 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNTHINKINGLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unthinkingly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unthinkingly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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6 QUOTES WITH «UNTHINKINGLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unthinkingly.
1
William Barclay
If a man fights his way through his doubts to the conviction that Jesus Christ is Lord, he has attained to a certainty that the man who unthinkingly accepts things can never reach.
2
Gary Bauer
It's important to ask candidates about their beliefs, in part because politicians frequently exploit religious faith - often with the idea that voters will be more likely to unthinkingly accept certain political positions so long as they arise from religious belief.
3
Lynn Davies
It's not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly.
4
Charles Duhigg
A few decades ago, many people didn't drink water outside of a meal. Then beverage companies started bottling the production of far-off springs, and now office workers unthinkingly sip bottled water all day long.
5
Ninon de L'Enclos
Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly.
6
Dennis Potter
As adults, we do know more, but we don't know enough. People can be very unthinkingly callous.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNTHINKINGLY»

Discover the use of unthinkingly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unthinkingly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Life sketches, and echoes from the valley, by Marianne ...
UNTHINKINGLY. Ill stant of time, that it can even aoar above the azure skies and touch the very heart of the Infinite. Truly, it is one of our very greatest blessings. But we sadly abuse it at times, and go on through life very unthinkingly. Instead of  ...
Mary Anne Hearne, 1868
2
Suffering and Sentiment: Exploring the Vicissitudes of ...
That is the way that it is said in Yap: don't be unthinkingly honest. Don't you be unthinkingly honest. You be honest because honesty is good but keep your mind. You are honest with the person, you are wise. Don't you go and jump your mouth  ...
C. Jason Throop, 2010
3
Kant’s Transcendental Deduction: An Analysis of Main Themes ...
Nor can one unthinkingly hold, in Cartesian fashion, that at least some of our mental representations give us knowledge of the existence and character of mind - independent objects. One also cannot unthinkingly hold to traditional views that  ...
R.C. Howell, 1992
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The Anthropology of Empathy: Experiencing the Lives of ...
That is the way t] it is said in Yap: don't be unthinkingly honest. Don't you be unthir ingly honest. You be honest because honesty is good but keep yc mind. You are honest with the person, you are wise. Don't you go a jump your mouth you will ...
Douglas W. Hollan, C. Jason Throop, 2011
5
Immunity to Error Through Misidentification: New Essays
What about the completely unreflective intended reference, i.e. the thing one unthinkingly takes oneself to be referring to when one says 'I'? Again, it seems that the unreflectively intended reference is either to 1, the whole human being, or to 2, ...
Simon Prosser, François Recanati, 2012
6
Descartes Reinvented
unthinkingly in perception and through testimony or from a cultural tradition, the fact that they are unthinkingly acquired is, according to Descartes, a sort of defect even if the beliefs are true. What would happen if they were to be challenged, ...
Tom Sorell, 2005
7
Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice
Nor can they be even descriptively exhausted through seeking out and clarifying the meanings and intentions of actors, since such everyday activities are often conducted unthinkingly in situ. The pedestrians 'down below' have no privileged  ...
Damon Golsorkhi, Linda Rouleau, David Seidl, 2010
8
Dream, Death, and the Self
The skeptic (to characterize him in a general way) first draws our attention to something he says that we unthinkingly believe or accept, and then he argues that, on reflection, we are not justified in believing or accepting this. In light of his  ...
J. J. Valberg, 2007
9
The Time Is Out of Joint: Shakespeare as Philosopher of History
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern indeed become willing partners in evil because they act unthinkingly.They are men of many vices, slavish in their behavior.They are flatterers, and they commit a major sin: they betray their friend. But one could  ...
Agnes Heller, 2002
10
The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine
and' mey not such " defect of information," as the authoress herlell " unthinkingly" lays to the charge of the original history, lead the juvenile reader liill " unthinkingly to luppole" the latter " dull and uninteresting?" We would not be hypercritical ...
‎1803

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNTHINKINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unthinkingly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Race should not be unthinkingly trotted out to gag free speech
Race and religion should not be unthinkingly trotted out as justifications to constrain free speech, if the speech in question is essentially political in nature. «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
2
When a Starbucks Barista Called Herself 'Retarded' for Making a …
Words and choices. Words can be magic, or they can be hurtful. Unthinkingly, someone can make a wrong word choice and a day can come crashing down. «Yahoo Parenting, Jul 15»
3
A Fun Workout Routine Will Not Keep You Exercising; You Need To …
To develop the exercise habit, you should focus more on whatever triggers you to unthinkingly go to the gym, instead of worrying about the workout routine itself. «Medical Daily, Jul 15»
4
Judge awards nearly $230000 to woman 'harassed' by 153 cable …
The responsible company will reduce its exposure dramatically by taking proactive steps to mitigate damages, while its competitor, who unthinkingly robo-dials ... «National Post, Jul 15»
5
Science literacy isn't as bad as the statistics make it look
Maybe I'll tick 'yes' to everything (people are more likely to unthinkingly agree than unthinkingly disagree on surveys – it's known as acquiescence bias). Maybe ... «Phys.Org, May 15»
6
I now believe the Establishment DOES twist justice by STEPHEN …
Blair, Vaz and others unthinkingly assumed Janner was innocent. They were unable to conceive that such a man could be guilty of the horrendous abuse of ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
7
Roger Waters' Portrait Of A Distracted Society, Amused To Death …
Amused to Death sounded the alarm about a society increasingly – and unthinkingly – in thrall to its television screens. Twenty-three years later, Amused to ... «PR Newswire, Apr 15»
8
Netanyahu's politics of poverty
An apathetic society is an obedient herd, and the entire herd moved rightward unthinkingly, in direct relation to their economic security. By Iris Leal | Mar. 1, 2015 ... «Haaretz, Mar 15»
9
Let women live
... like a woman's silence being a sign of affirmation or worse, that a woman's 'no' is actually a 'yes', often repeated unthinkingly. ILLUSTRATION: TALHA KHAN. «The Express Tribune, Jan 15»
10
The readers' editor on … unthinkingly sexist descriptions of women
Princess Cristina, Spain Princess Cristina was referred to as 'Spanish king's sister'. By this logic, says one reader, Prince Charles should be called 'son of ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»

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