Meaning of knee-jerk | Babel Free
Definitions
Unthinking, not carefully considered, (nearly) automatic, spontaneous, easily predictable.
Equivalents
Examples
“He gave a knee-jerk response.”
“There were knee-jerk demands from trade⟳ unions for immediate withdrawal of all HSTs; these were wrong-headed.”
“The knee-jerk reaction is further evidence of just how panicked investors are about the stability of the global financial system after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last⟳ week.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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