unreˈflected, ppl. a.
[un-1 8, 8 c.]
1. Not reflected on or upon; not thought over.
| 1670 Clarendon Contempl. Ps. Tracts (1727) 372, I suffered those papers..to lie neglected and unreflected upon, during..my too great prosperity. 1720–1 Lett. fr. Mist's Jrnl. (1722) II. 71 That..their every Action..should pass uncensured and unreflected on. 1755 Chesterfield in World No. 112. 66 All these unreflected and unexamined opinions of our cobler. |
2. Not returned by reflection.
| [1775 Ash.] 1810 Scott Lady of L. v. x, The sun's last glance was glinted back,..The next, all unreflected, shone On bracken green. 1869 Tyndall in Fortn. Rev. 1 Feb. 245 In two directions we should have the solar light reflected; in two others unreflected. |