irreflective

Example Sentences

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Amid the irreflective actors in that rapidly moving show, so entirely immersed in it superficial as it is that they have no feeling of themselves, he becomes self-conscious.

From Plato and Platonism by Pater, Walter

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

“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)

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 Yonge, Charlotte Mary

His right figure was that of life in irreflective joy and at the highest thinkable level of prepared security and unconscious insolence.

From The Finer Grain by James, Henry