irreflective

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The Passage in No. 7 of the Apology where he describes the State of the World as wholly irreflective of its Creator unless you turn—to Popery—is very grand.

From Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II by Wright, William Aldis

It cannot be denied that the transition from atrocious prosecutions to divine honors was somewhat sudden, but this is merely a further proof that Caligula was endowed with a violent, impulsive, and irreflective temperament.

From The Women of the Caesars by Ferrero, Guglielmo

“Far behind Scott in the power of instinctive, irreflective, spontaneous creation of character, Stevenson tells his story with more art and with a firmer grip on his reader.”

From Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)

It is the same story, from the first chapter to the last, in education, poor law, public works, relief Acts, even in coercion Acts—lazy, uninformed, and irreflective good intention.

From Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question by Godkin, Edwin Lawrence

In answering these questions the pragmatists are more analytic and painstaking, the intellectualists more offhand and irreflective.

From Pragmatism by James, William