knee-jerk Antonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- reactive
- instinctual
- natural
- unreasoned
- simple
- impulsive
- visceral
- unwilling
- pavlovian
- abrupt
- unconscious
- involuntary
- quick
- casual
Weak:
- unplanned
- blind
- unconsidered
- unintended
- offhanded
- extemporaneous
- rash
- unforced
- random
- chance
- unprepared
- inadvertent
- conditioned
- impetuous
- offhand
- unpremeditated
- off-the-cuff
- unwitting
- improvised
- haphazard
- ready
- spur-of-the-moment
- snap
- unstudied
- unintentional
- impromptu
- hasty
- unprompted
- mindless
- extempore
- subliminal
- unrehearsed
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
mechanical, spontaneous, mechanic, sudden, instinctive, robotic,automatic, reflex, reactive, instinctual
volitional, rehearsed,deliberate, predetermined, prepared, voluntary, wilful, intended, willful, intentional
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.
