unthought

¹

[ uhn-thawt ]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of unthink.

adjective

1. not thought; think; thought; not framed in a thought think thought or thoughts: thought:

   an unthought advantage.

2. not expected; not anticipated (often followed by of ):

   an unthought-of place to find the key.

unthought

²

[ uhn-thawt ]

noun

1. an absence of thought. think. thought.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unthought¹

1530–40; unthought ¹( defs 2, 3 ) un- ¹ + thought ²

Origin of unthought²

First recorded in 1865–70; un- ¹ + thought ¹

Example Sentences

Macron, who previously criticised Nato as being “brain-dead”, said: “Europe has a lot of thoughts unthought. On a geostrategic level we had forgotten to think because we thought our geopolitical relations through Nato.”

From The Guardian

So the unthought provoking former big red head obviously struck a nerve with a few.

From Seattle Times

For the most part it is uninspected, unimagined, unthought, a representation of the thing, and not the thing itself.

From Literature

A person with special needs bagging groceries or working at a fast-food joint, unthought of before Special Olympics started, has now become commonplace.

From Washington Times

This attitude that someone who has no real experience in education would come up with an unthought of plan is idiotic.

From New York Times

Related Words

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