Antonyms for knee-jerkknee-jerk

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1. knee-jerknoun

   Synonyms:
   patellar reflex, kneejerk reflex

2. knee-jerkadjective

   Automatic, spontaneous, easily predictable

   He gave a knee-jerk response.

   Synonyms:
   kneejerk reflex, patellar reflex

How to use knee-jerk in a sentence?

1. James Clark:

   In every urban core you have the same mentality that is on display in St Louis right now. In St Louis, we have a human capital crisis where you have men, women, boys and girls who have not been cultivated to care, so, violence becomes a knee-jerk reaction.

2. George Ratiu:

   The Federal Reserve has been walking a tightrope of gradually increasing borrowing costs while trying to avoid a knee-jerk reaction from consumers and businesses, however, with inflation soaring, the runway for a soft landing is shrinking considerably, as are the chances of avoiding a recession.

3. Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei:

   It's difficult to predict now, the knee-jerk reaction from the market is probably a bit excessive and needs to calm down and take an objective view.

4. Cristian Maggio:

   The market was surprised by the result, so there was a strong knee-jerk reaction yesterday, but it has adjusted for the surprise now.

5. Republican Rep. Steve King:

   It says this, they're knee-jerk supporters of the President's policy.

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