Unthinking

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unthinking \Un*think"ing\, a.
     1. Not thinking; not heedful; thoughtless; inconsiderate; as,
        unthinking youth.
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     2. Not indicating thought or reflection; thoughtless.


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              With earnest eyes, and round unthinking face,
              He first the snuffbox opened, then the case. --Pope.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Un*think"ing*ly}, adv. --
        {Un*think"ing*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unthinking
       adj 1: not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought [syn: {unreflective},
               {unthoughtful}]
       2: without care or thought for others; "the thoughtless saying
          of a great princess on being informed that the people had
          no bread; `Let them eat cake'" [syn: {thoughtless}, {uncaring}]
       3: mentally sluggish [syn: {lumpish}, {lumpen}]
       adv : in a thoughtless manner; "he stared thoughtlessly at the
             picture" [syn: {thoughtlessly}, {unthinkingly}] [ant: {thoughtfully}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  163 Moby Thesaurus words for "unthinking":
     airy, arbitrary, automatic, blank, blankminded, blind, brainless,
     calm, capricious, careless, casual, compulsive, conditioned, crazy,
     cursory, degage, discourteous, disregardant, disregardful,
     easygoing, empty, empty-headed, fatuous, feckless, flippant,
     foolish, forced, forgetful, free and easy, hasty, headless,
     heedless, idiotic, ignorant, ill-advised, ill-considered,
     ill-contrived, ill-devised, ill-gauged, ill-judged, illogical,
     imbecilic, impolite, impolitic, imprudent, impulsive, inadvertent,
     inadvisable, inane, incogitant, inconsiderate, indifferent,
     indiscreet, inept, inexpedient, injudicious, insane, insensate,
     insouciant, instinctive, involuntary, irrational, lackbrained,
     lazy, lean-minded, lean-witted, mad, mechanical, mindless,
     misadvised, misguided, moronic, myopic, neglectful, nirvanic,
     nonsensical, not bright, oblivious, of little brain, offhand,
     passive, pea-brained, perfunctory, pin-brained, quietistic, rash,
     reasonless, reckless, reflex, reflexive, regardless, relaxed,
     respectless, rude, senseless, short-sighted, shortsighted, silly,
     slackminded, slackwitted, stupid, tactless, thoughtfree,
     thoughtless, tranquil, unaccommodating, unadvised, uncalculating,
     uncaring, uncivil, uncomplaisant, unconscious, unconsidered,
     uncooperative, undesigned, undiplomatic, undiscerning,
     undiscriminating, unforeseeing, ungifted, unguarded, unguided,
     unheedful, unheeding, unhelpful, unideaed, unintellectual,
     unintelligent, unintended, unintentional, unmeant, unmeditated,
     unmindful, unobliging, unoccupied, unperceiving, unperceptive,
     unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unprompted, unpurposed,
     unready, unreasonable, unreasoning, unreflecting, unreflective,
     unseeing, unsensible, unsolicitous, unsound, untactful, untalented,
     unthought-of, unthoughtful, unwilled, unwilling, unwise, unwitting,
     vacant, vacuous, witless, wrecking