as in unreasonable
not using or following good reasoning
it's irrational to think that you can continue to consume an excess of calories and not gain weight
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Recent Examples of irrational
And then there’s the emotional, irrational lift of gilt and glory, the baroque architecture, the Renaissance art, the history stretching back to Jesus and Saint Peter.
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Howard Chua-Eoan, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
Judge orders transgender passports despite 'irrational' Trump policy.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
For someone so invested in history and research, Vargas Llosa spoke often about the irrational elements of fiction writing.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Flesh often stretches, melts, and ruptures, yes, but always in service of core principles: one way or another, the body must react and adapt to its own irrational desires, and to the seeping, churning influences of its environment.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2025
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Howard Chua-Eoan, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
Judge orders transgender passports despite 'irrational' Trump policy.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
For someone so invested in history and research, Vargas Llosa spoke often about the irrational elements of fiction writing.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Flesh often stretches, melts, and ruptures, yes, but always in service of core principles: one way or another, the body must react and adapt to its own irrational desires, and to the seeping, churning influences of its environment.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrational
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Add in at least $20 million to the athletics compensation pool via direct payments coming in the wake of the House settlement — the majority of which is ticketed for football at most P4 schools — and getting above $30 million isn’t unreasonable for a program like Ohio State or Texas.—
Sam Khan Jr.,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Now, at full boil, travelers are increasingly complaining about an unreasonable lack of legroom and other basic comforts.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
1 May 2025
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And use the company’s publicly available number, not the one the caller provides, which is probably illegitimate.—
LEW SICHELMAN,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2025
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Trump himself has suggested moral equivalence between the two sides, claiming Ukraine was at fault for provoking the war, that President Zelensky was illegitimate and that the U.S. should recognize Russia’s annexations of Ukrainian territory.—
Eric Green,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Irrational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrational. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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