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unreflecting

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un·re·flect·ing  (nr-flktng)
adj.
Marked by or exhibiting a lack of serious thought or consideration: unreflecting impulses.
unre·flecting·ly adv.
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Tess was taken completely by surprise, and she yielded to his embrace with unreflecting inevitableness.
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The whole question of improved armaments has been approached by the governments of the earth in a spirit of nervous and unreflecting haste, whereas the right way was lying plainly before them, and had only to be pursued with calm determination.
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The hurry, confusion, and excitement connected with the embarkation had scarcely subsided, when the Provincials were appalled by the work of their own hands The novelty and peculiarity of their situation could not but force itself upon the attention of even the unreflecting soldiery; stationed in the midst of a beautiful and fertile country, they suddenly found themselves without a foe to subdue, and without a population to protect.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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