unthinkingly

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"The internet has made it possible for content to reach spaces and people it was not organically playing to. Unthinkingly appropriating content can have unexpected consequences," she says.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

Unthinkingly Peter arranged for him to stay at Pop’s.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

Unthinkingly, Stubbs clasped the hand and a moment later gave a howl of pain.

From The Boy Allies in the Balkan Campaign Or, the Struggle to Save a Nation by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)

Unthinkingly, he pulled a straggling root from the earth; and on the instant, heard, with affright, a stifled moan underground, which winded downwards in doleful tones, and died plaintively away in the deep distance.

From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas

Unthinkingly I reproached him, and then I saw, coming over his countenance, the bitter expression of one who has met with rebuff when he looked for sympathy. 

From Behind the Bungalow by Aitken, Edward Hamilton