Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an unintelligent manner; without reason; dully.
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- adverb In an
unintelligent manner.
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- adverb in an unintelligent manner
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Examples
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Policy makers could choose to manage energy unintelligently (maintaining fossil fuel dependency as long as possible while making poor choices of alternatives, such as biofuels or tar sands, and insufficient investments in the far more promising options such as wind and solar).
Asher Miller: Uttering the "C" Word Asher Miller 2010
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To clarify the discussion, we can frame it in terms of whether mindless unintelligently sequenced events can construct things like a house of cards and the computer systems we find in life.
Another Look 2009
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To clarify the discussion, we can frame it in terms of whether mindless unintelligently sequenced events can construct things like a house of cards and the computer systems we find in life.
Another Look 2009
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The American people are badly educated, they vote unintelligently, and on top of that they never have more than two canditates to choose from, because the constitution all but ensures that we have a two party system.
The Accountability Problem « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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The combination of left-wing psychological fragility and unintelligently designed CPE standards created this opportunity for purveyors of psychobabble.
Election 2004 2008
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If a sympathetic foreigner may say so, I suspect that both your government and your populace overreacted to 9/11; or, more precisely, reacted hysterically and unintelligently.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Reader Poll: Did 9/11 “Change Everything”? 2009
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If a sympathetic foreigner may say so, I suspect that both your government and your populace overreacted to 9/11; or, more precisely, reacted hysterically and unintelligently.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Reader Poll: Did 9/11 “Change Everything”? 2009
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If a sympathetic foreigner may say so, I suspect that both your government and your populace overreacted to 9/11; or, more precisely, reacted hysterically and unintelligently.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Reader Poll: Did 9/11 “Change Everything”? 2009
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I suppose you were speaking unintelligently, there ...
Pew: Obama Losing White Working Class Dems To Hillary In Landslide 2009
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I suppose you were speaking unintelligently, there ...
Pew: Obama Losing White Working Class Dems To Hillary In Landslide 2009
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