as in unreasonable
not using or following good reasoning
the illogical claim that playing basketball makes people taller because one sees so many tall players illogical people are likely to believe every sensational claim made on TV
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Rock en español and samba and reggaetón and salsa—somehow the people who came, our friends and their friends and the friends of their friends, danced to it all, no matter how esoteric or apparently illogical the transitions between tracks might have seemed.
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Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Everything from The Overlook’s illogical architecture to the backstories of the mysterious unnamed ghosts inhabiting it has been studied across multiple documentaries.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
There's an odd twist in the Arkansas Razorbacks' nonconference results for the last couple of decades that is largely illogical.
—Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 7 Sep. 2024
An immediate first step is to stop the illogical closure of existing nuclear plants and press ahead with new ones of traditional design.
—Armond Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2021
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Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Everything from The Overlook’s illogical architecture to the backstories of the mysterious unnamed ghosts inhabiting it has been studied across multiple documentaries.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
There's an odd twist in the Arkansas Razorbacks' nonconference results for the last couple of decades that is largely illogical.
—Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 7 Sep. 2024
An immediate first step is to stop the illogical closure of existing nuclear plants and press ahead with new ones of traditional design.
—Armond Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2021
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Research has found that the majority of workplace conflict stems from just four triggers: Communication differences account for the highest percentage, followed by unclear expectations, unreasonable time constraints, and opaque performance standards.Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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According to court documents, he was charged with willfully depriving Taylor and Walker of their constitutional right to be free from unreasonable seizures, which includes the right to be free from a police officer's use of unreasonable force during a seizure.Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2024
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The Trust Paradox Organizations, too, have an irrational relationship with digital security.Christophe Van de Weyer, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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The bottom line Markets, for the most part, are irrational creatures.Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
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Democrats argued that the Kremlin’s support rendered Trump an illegitimate leader; Trump and his allies claimed that the intelligence agencies were part of a deep-state conspiracy against him.David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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In 2021, Qanon followers recycled this claim to argue that President Biden’s inauguration was actually illegitimate.Sarah Emerson, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Illogical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogical. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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