unexamined
- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪɡˈzæmɪnd/
- Specifically, school and instructional practices remain unexamined for consistency with the mission.
- unexamined assumptions
- unexamined life
- remain unexamined
And then he said the unexamined life is not worth living.
- And then he said the unexamined life is not worth living.
- Socrates, an unexamined life is not worth living.
- Because in my mind, a life unexamined is not a life well lived.
- And so it's, it's just one of those great unexamined areas, uh.
- It's it doesn't surprise me that people get into adulthood and they have these unexamined challenges.
- Like here he is being sentenced to death and he's saying to himself, an unexamined life is not a life worth living.
- You know, a life worth a life worth an unexamined life is not worth living.
Examples
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Luke, you ever hear the saying, "The unexamined life is not worth living?"
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Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living," but the examined one is no bargain.
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And then he said the unexamined life is not worth living.
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Because in my mind, a life unexamined is not a life well lived.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Socrates, an unexamined life is not worth living.
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Plato once said that the unexamined life is not worth living.
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The question of what these clusters may mean to the people who inhabit them remains unexamined, however.
Academic text (1992) -
A cheer for the intrepid souls who dare to question unexamined beliefs and popular claims.
Academic text (2001) -
He realized that his decisions were often based on unexamined assumptions.
Synonyms
Not tried before to check if it works
Not yet found or studied
Not yet decided or known
Not looked at or checked when people search for answers
Not checked for safety or quality
Not looked into to find the cause or facts
Not looked through or checked for something
Not carefully studied and without good proof
Not looked at carefully
Not examined in detail for study
Not yet checked for quality or value
How Examined
Surface Forms
Morphology
unexamined = examined (transparent) = un + examine + ed
The negative prefix 'un-' is productively attached to the participial adjective 'examined', yielding a straightforward 'not examined' meaning.
Etymology
The word unexamined comes from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and examine meaning 'to look at or test', the same root as the word exam, so unexamined means 'not checked' or 'not thought about'.