unthinking
adjective /ʌnˈθɪŋ.kɪŋ/ formal mainly disapprovingDefinition
› not based on serious thought or an examination of the information: What annoys me about these people is their unthinking hostility to anything foreign or unfamiliar.Narrow-mindedNot showing careful thought unthinkingly /-li/ adverb › I really didn't mean to offend her - I just said it unthinkingly.InconsiderateSelfishness
(Definition of unthinking adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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