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Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-thing-king
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈθɪŋ kɪŋ



Definition of unthinking

Origin :
  • "unreflecting," 1670s, from un- + present participle of think.
  • adj careless
Example sentences :
  • On his back was the offspring of unthinking parents—a pin-head.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • He was sanguine in all his hopes, and rapid, but not unthinking, in all his decisions.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • This, a sad certainty told him, was love, the love that is unthinking.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • A thing of instinct—the unthinking stillness of a scared brute.
  • Extract from : « The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" » by Joseph Conrad
  • With many of our unthinking classes it is the "mourn" which they enjoy in the sermons.
  • Extract from : « Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading » by Various
  • A life of pleasure, of absolute uselessness, of unthinking selfishness.
  • Extract from : « Nell, of Shorne Mills » by Charles Garvice
  • Thus spoke Minerva, and she persuaded his mind for him, unthinking one.
  • Extract from : « The Iliad of Homer (1873) » by Homer
  • An unthinking calm, complete and vibrant, wrapped him in an embrace.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • The accident came from a gun in the hands of an unthinking sportsman.
  • Extract from : « Wood Folk at School » by William J. Long
  • They have many ways of inveigling the artless and unthinking.
  • Extract from : « Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. » by Pierce Egan

Synonyms for unthinking

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