unexamined
adjective
un·ex·am·ined ˌən-ig-ˈza-mənd 
: not subjected to examination (such as critical scrutiny, analysis, or comparison) : not carefully weighed or examined
… encouraging students to question their own unexamined beliefs …
Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan HaidtWith every aspect of public education coming under increased scrutiny, no program is left unexamined. Patty Kohler and Jacque Reese
Patty Kohler and Jacque Reese"The unexamined life is not worth living." translation of Socrates, as quoted in Plato's Apology
translation of Socrates, as quoted in Plato's Apology
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Resnais resists the sentimentality that usually goes unexamined in partisan movies. Armond White, National Review, 26 Aug. 2022 There is no lesson beyond the fact that life goes on in prison — and that, for all its surprises, is a slice of American life that often goes unexamined and unexpressed. New York Times, 27 July 2022 But those interviews are as much a reflection of media obsessions with controversy and its own unexamined biases. Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 19 July 2022 And yet to extend that principle to those with frivolous, pending, or judicially unexamined restraining orders would raise serious due-process concerns. The Editors, National Review, 14 June 2022 For Dustin Lance Black, who had already come out as gay and left the LDS Church upon publication of the book, reading the book was formative experience, a window into a faith under which he was raised, but about which remained unexamined. Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 29 Apr. 2022 Parts of the lungs are left unexamined, Valdastri said, potentially causing harm. Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022 There was more than a hint of an unexamined imperialist instinct in this attitude, but there was something else in it, too: hope. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2022 The high calling that Del Noce leaves us is to break through this impasse and once again think and live in truths about God and man that transcend materialism, scientism, and an unexamined secularism. Richard M. Reinsch Ii, National Review, 17 Feb. 2022 See More
Armond White, National Review, 26 Aug. 2022 There is no lesson beyond the fact that life goes on in prison — and that, for all its surprises, is a slice of American life that often goes unexamined and unexpressed. New York Times, 27 July 2022 But those interviews are as much a reflection of media obsessions with controversy and its own unexamined biases. Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 19 July 2022 And yet to extend that principle to those with frivolous, pending, or judicially unexamined restraining orders would raise serious due-process concerns. The Editors, National Review, 14 June 2022 For Dustin Lance Black, who had already come out as gay and left the LDS Church upon publication of the book, reading the book was formative experience, a window into a faith under which he was raised, but about which remained unexamined. Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 29 Apr. 2022 Parts of the lungs are left unexamined, Valdastri said, potentially causing harm. Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022 There was more than a hint of an unexamined imperialist instinct in this attitude, but there was something else in it, too: hope. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2022 The high calling that Del Noce leaves us is to break through this impasse and once again think and live in truths about God and man that transcend materialism, scientism, and an unexamined secularism. Richard M. Reinsch Ii, National Review, 17 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above