Meaning of UNREASONABLE
| Pronunciation: | | un'reezunubul
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- [adj] inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman
- [adj] beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands"
- [adj] absurd and inappropriate; "the unreasonable nimbus of romance with which she had encircled that man"- Thomas Hardy
- [adj] not reasonable; not showing good judgment
- [adj] (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"
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| | Synonyms: | | absurd, cockamamie, cockamamy, counterintuitive, excessive, fool(a), foolish, goofy, illogical, immoderate, indefensible, inordinate, mindless, reasonless, sappy, senseless, silly, undue, unjustified, unlogical, unrealistic, untenable, unwarranted, wacky, whacky, zany |
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| | Antonyms: | | reasonable, sensible | | |
| | See Also: | | irrational | |
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| | Definition: | | \Un*rea"son*a*ble\, a.
Not reasonable; irrational; immoderate; exorbitant. --
{Un*rea"son*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un*rea"son*a*bly}, adv.
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