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
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This new approach may not be perfect or even work, but an unexamined or impulsive response likely has a lower chance of success.
—Kevin Eikenberry, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Baldwin’s attorneys accused the state of misconduct, pointing to a batch of unexamined bullets that a potential witness turned over to sheriff’s investigators last March.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
The habit of taking the Gospels as repositories of a community’s oral tradition, Walsh suggests, is an unexamined inheritance from nineteenth-century German Romanticism.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Market shakeouts are about testing risk tolerances, forcing a rethink of unexamined premises and, at times, chastening the arrogant.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
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Kevin Eikenberry, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Baldwin’s attorneys accused the state of misconduct, pointing to a batch of unexamined bullets that a potential witness turned over to sheriff’s investigators last March.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
The habit of taking the Gospels as repositories of a community’s oral tradition, Walsh suggests, is an unexamined inheritance from nineteenth-century German Romanticism.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Market shakeouts are about testing risk tolerances, forcing a rethink of unexamined premises and, at times, chastening the arrogant.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Unexamined.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unexamined. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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