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Automatic vs Unthinking - What's the difference?

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Automatic is a related term of unthinking.


As adjectives the difference between automatic and unthinking

is that automatic is capable of operating without external control or intervention while unthinking is without proper thought; thoughtless.

As a noun automatic

is a car with automatic transmission.

As a verb unthinking is

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automatic

English

Alternative forms

* automatick

Adjective

(-)
  • Capable of operating without external control or intervention.
  • The automatic clothes washer was a great labor-saving device
  • Done out of habit or without conscious thought.
  • The reaction was automatic : flight!
  • (of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.
  • (computing, of a local variable) Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.
  • (maths, of a group) Having one or more finite-state automata
  • Synonyms

    * (without conscious thought) perfunctory, thoughtless, instinctive

    Antonyms

    * (capable of operating without external control) manual * (without conscious thought) voluntary

    Derived terms

    * automatically * automaticity * automatic transmission * automatical

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A car with automatic transmission.
  • I never learned to drive a stick. I can only drive an automatic .
  • A semi-automatic firearm.
  • Antonyms

    * (car with automatic transmission) stick, stickshift; manual transmission; standard transmission

    unthinking

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Without proper thought; thoughtless.
  • Showing no regard; careless or unconcerned.
  • Verb

    (head)