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Definition: IRREFLECTIVE

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Not reflective.[Websters]
2. Being heedless, inadvertent or thoughtless. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb irreflectively.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(irreflectively)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective irreflective.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Irreflective" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1874. (references)

Definition: IRREFLECTIVE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Not reflective.[Websters]
2. Being heedless, inadvertent or thoughtless. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb irreflectively.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(irreflectively)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective irreflective.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "IRREFLECTIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1874. (references)