adj
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not given to careful thought or self-examination; lacking due reflection
The essay challenges the unreflective assumptions hidden in everyday language.
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unreflectivelyunreflectiveness
Etymology
Formed in English in the nineteenth century from un- ("not") + reflective. The relevant sense negates reflective in its mental meaning, "given to careful thought," rather than its physical meaning, "sending light or sound back."