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unreflected

[ uhn-ri-flek-tid ]

adjective

  1. not reflected on; not given consideration:

    unreflected opinions.

  2. not cast back, as light, heat, or an image:

    the unreflected heat of the sun.



unreflected

/ ˌʌnrɪˈflɛktɪd /

adjective

  1. foll byon or upon not considered
  2. (of light, particles, etc, incident on a surface) not reflected; absorbed or transmitted
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unreflected1

First recorded in 1660–70; un- 1 + reflect + -ed 2
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Example Sentences

“I machine-cut shapes from card, to see what might happen if I were to use only unreflected tiles,” he said in an email.

They have left their own future, and that of the country they claim to love, uncared for and unreflected on.

We were both more and less ourselves in that undistinguished space, less burdened but less anchored too; freer and yet unreflected, for nothing there gave us back an image of ourselves.

In a world that rewards unreflected confession, saying nothing can be an act of bravery.

From Salon

There is a period in every story of affection when the flame grows the brighter because unreflected, and seems the more concentrated because unreturned.

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