unthinking
/ʌnˈθɪŋkɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · [ənθˈɪŋkɪŋ] /ʌnˈθɪŋkɪŋ/ (ame, ipa) · [ənθˈɪŋkɪŋ] /ˌən-ˈthiŋ-kiŋ How to pronounce unthinking (audio)/ (ame, mw)
unthinking — adjective
- unthinkingpositive
- more unthinkingcomparative
- most unthinkingsuperlative
1. done or said automatically, without pausing to consider what it means or what mi
done or said automatically, without pausing to consider what it means or what might follow from it.
Keiko's unthinking comment about Amara's cooking left the whole table in awkward silence.
unthinking + comment: attributive pattern with speech nouns
An unthinking joke from Ingrid about Dimitri's accent made the office feel tense all afternoon.
Fatima regretted her unthinking reply the moment she heard herself say it aloud.
Kwame's unthinking habit of checking his phone during meals annoyed everyone in his family.
The unthinking cruelty in the unsigned message shocked the quiet school community.
- thoughtless
more common and broader — can describe both people and actions; carries a clearer moral judgment.
- mindless
stronger; suggests a complete absence of thought, often with a sense of being robotic or empty.
- heedless
more literary; emphasises ignoring warnings, advice, or obvious consequences.
- automatic
neutral; describes a response made without conscious thought, without the negative moral weight.
- thoughtful
done with careful consideration and awareness of others.
- deliberate
done intentionally after reflection; the opposite of automatic or impulsive.
文法句型
unthinking + noun (speech or behaviour noun)
用法筆記
Typically used before a noun describing speech (remark, comment, reply) or behaviour (action, habit, cruelty). Rarely appears predicatively after 'be'.