illogical

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adjective il·log·i·cal \(ˌ)i(l)-ˈlä-ji-kəl\

Definition of illogical

1 : not observing the principles of logic an illogical argument
2 : devoid of logic : senseless illogical policies

illogicality

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illogically

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illogicalness

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Examples of illogical in a Sentence

It is illogical to think that things will change on their own.
the illogical claim that playing basketball makes people taller because one sees so many tall players

Recent Examples of illogical from the Web

People are illogical and self-centered; love them anyway.

— denise coffey, Courant Community, "Graduates Urged To Embrace Persistance, Responsibility, Commitment", 28 June 2017
Since there seems to be an illogical amount of deprioritization around this incredibly urgent topic, let’s make this point unequivocally clear: People.

— lauren duca, Teen Vogue, "You Can't Debate Health Care If You're Dead", 23 June 2017
But the whole piece still read like an advertisement — a shallow, illogical advertisement.

— scott maxwell, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Boycott the Sentinel? I was embarrassed by this column ... and by the reaction", 17 June 2017
That the killer was free filled Ms. Gowins-Sowells’s mind with illogical possibilities.

— n. r. kleinfield, New York Times, "Still Haunted After a Case Goes Cold", 26 May 2017
Yet multiage advocates say the traditional approach of dividing students into single grades based on an arbitrary birth-date range is illogical.

— stuart miller, The Atlantic, "Inside a Multiage Classroom", 9 May 2017
Those results, quite simply, are overwhelmingly illogical, even for a team that is 4-0 on the road this postseason and currently engaged in a series in which the home team is 0-4.

— jeff miller, Orange County Register, "Miller: How pivotal is winning Game 5? Not so much based on the Ducks’ history", 4 May 2017
In Gilead, scientists and academics are routinely executed, which feels like taking things to their illogical conclusion in an era where a March For Science is necessary.

— emma dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, "The Handmaid's Tale", 26 Apr. 2017
Seen through the prism of addiction, however, the illogical becomes much more understandable.

— george pendle, Esquire, "The Third Reich's Meth Addiction You Never Knew Existed", 29 Mar. 2017

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