knee-jerk Antonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- unwilling
- unreasoned
- natural
- visceral
- impulsive
- quick
- reactive
- pavlovian
- unconscious
- involuntary
- casual
- instinctual
- abrupt
- simple
Weak:
- unpremeditated
- unconsidered
- mindless
- snap
- unintentional
- extempore
- improvised
- spur-of-the-moment
- conditioned
- haphazard
- extemporaneous
- unforced
- rash
- unrehearsed
- impetuous
- unprepared
- unwitting
- unintended
- offhand
- unplanned
- off-the-cuff
- unstudied
- offhanded
- ready
- random
- subliminal
- unprompted
- hasty
- impromptu
- inadvertent
- chance
- blind
Meaning of knee-jerk
knee-jerk Sentence Examples
- His knee-jerk reaction to criticism was to become defensive and argumentative.
- The knee-jerk response from the company was to blame external factors for their failure.
- Instead of carefully considering the proposal, he gave a knee-jerk rejection without hesitation.
- Her knee-jerk decision to quit her job without a backup plan left her in a difficult situation.
- The politician's knee-jerk reaction to the scandal was to deny any wrongdoing.
- When faced with uncertainty, his knee-jerk instinct was to retreat and avoid confrontation.
- In times of stress, his knee-jerk response was to shut down emotionally.
- The knee-jerk decision to cut funding for the arts had unforeseen consequences on the community.
- The knee-jerk policy of zero-tolerance often led to unfair punishments for minor infractions.
- She regretted her knee-jerk reaction to the situation and wished she had taken more time to think before acting.
FAQs About the word knee-jerk
automatic, robotic, reflex, instinctive, mechanic, mechanical, spontaneous, sudden, unwilling, unreasoned
calculated, voluntary, intended, wilful, careful, prepared, predetermined, volitional, intentional, willful
His knee-jerk reaction to criticism was to become defensive and argumentative.
The knee-jerk response from the company was to blame external factors for their failure.
Instead of carefully considering the proposal, he gave a knee-jerk rejection without hesitation.
Her knee-jerk decision to quit her job without a backup plan left her in a difficult situation.
