"nonthinking" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more nonthinking [comparative], most nonthinking [superlative]
Etymology: From non- + thinking. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|non-<id:not>|thinking|text=+|tree=1}} From non- + thinking., {{ety|en|:af|non-<id:not>|thinking|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- English thinking English nonthinking From non- + thinking. Head templates: {{en-adj}} nonthinking (comparative more nonthinking, superlative most nonthinking)
  1. (of an action) Done without forethought
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  2. (of a person) Tending not to think
    Sense id: en-nonthinking-en-adj-VtwoI0VB

Noun

Etymology: From non- + thinking. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|non-<id:not>|thinking|text=+|tree=1}} From non- + thinking., {{ety|en|:af|non-<id:not>|thinking|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- English thinking English nonthinking From non- + thinking. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} nonthinking (uncountable)
  1. Not thinking; the absence of thought. Tags: uncountable
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