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knee-jerk
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knee-jerknoun
A sudden reflexive movement of the leg below the knee, as a reaction to a tap to the tendon just below the patella (kneecap).
knee-jerkadjective
Automatic, spontaneous, easily predictable
He gave a knee-jerk response.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of knee-jerk in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of knee-jerk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of knee-jerk in a Sentence
We want the game back where it belongs, this was a knee-jerk, hypocritical and illegal reaction to misinformation about Georgia’s new voting law which includes voter ID.
Social distancing is absolutely a critical measure, but our knee-jerk reaction to problems as a society tends to be criminalization, and it's just not the answer, especially here, marginalized people will be the most impacted, because we know based on years of data that other low-level offenses disproportionately target black and low-income people.
This will not be done in a knee-jerk fashion, i'm going to be in focus groups with business leaders and talking to constituents. The massacre opened up an opportunity but to build a super majority will require a lot of work.
Typically when the Fed actually starts to hike, emerging markets' knee-jerk reaction is on the weaker side which could be a buying opportunity, if historic patterns are a guide, the first hike may well provide an entry point.
We don't have this knee jerk reaction of giving a sleeping pill to everyone who suffers from insomnia, we try to determine why, and then we try to remove what's causing or perpetuating insomnia.
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