irreflective
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But this he can bear, because his noble mind recognises its own greatness; he regards his jeering brethren in the same light as the philosophic writer beholds 'the vapid and irreflective reader.'
From Some Private Views by James Payn
Yet in this, as in many other instant and happy decisions, we may not see the mere casting of a die, the chance result of an irreflective impulse.
From The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
Was it a relief to that irreflective nature to believe the die irrevocably cast, and the responsibility of decision over?
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Save by accident, out-of-school experience is left in its crude and comparatively irreflective state.
From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by John Dewey
Now, my life is rounded; it began with the natural irreflective happiness of childhood, it will close in the reasoned tranquillity of the mature mind.
From The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft by George Gissing
