unmeditativeadj.n.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈmɛdᵻtətɪv/, U.S. /ˌənˈmɛdəˌteɪdɪv/ Not meditative. Also as n. (with the and plural agreement): unmeditative people as a class.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > lack of reflection > [adjective]
inconsiderable1640
unreflective1641
unconsidering1660
unreflecting1665
unthinking1676
unrevolving1758
unmeditative1823
unspeculating1828
irreflective1833
1823 Museum of Foreign Lit. Dec. 551 Our hasty and unmeditative age.
1841 Churchman Dec. 843 This sentence reads well: and, with the unmeditative, will probably tell well.
1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) II. App. 330 A man..given to meditation, and much contemptuous of the unmeditative world.
1921 G. F. Genung Life Indeed vi. 275 A forthright, bluff, unmeditative mind such as the gospel history leads us to ascribe to St. Peter.
1985 S. Sharma Life in Upanishads iv. 72 The unmeditative and the fickle-minded can never reach there [sc. the sublime].
2011 M. N. Nagler in M. Pilisuk & M. N. Nagler Peace Movements Worldwide xxii. 281 This most unmeditative of cultures, where we are bombarded by something like 3,000 commercial messages every day.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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