How to Use unreasonable in a Sentence

unreasonable

adjective

• You are entitled to compensation for unreasonable delays.
• I told him that I wouldn't pay unless he sent me a replacement. Am I being unreasonable?
• In the age of Covid, the risks seemed unreasonable to me.
  — Deborah Lovich, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
• And that the unreasonable terms of model X Lee’s left Collinwood with a food desert.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 Apr. 2022
• The words were harsh but the logic was not unreasonable.
  — George Caulkin, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
• At 33, that’s not unreasonable and the Red Sox are among the teams in need of another lefthander in the bullpen.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022
• All the charges require proof that the force used to restrain Mr. Floyd was unreasonable.
  — Jacob Gershman, WSJ, 20 Apr. 2021
• The thought of a 3-4 or 4-3 finish to this season doesn’t seem all that unreasonable.
  — oregonlive, 22 Nov. 2020
• Scoping all this out in three days seems a risky and unreasonable ask.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 2 June 2022
• If none of these details sound unreasonable, that's the point.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 1 June 2020
• But a little drawer space and a place to hang a few items does not seem unreasonable.
  — Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2021
• First, this includes the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.
  — Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 11 May 2021
• The Irish poet wrote that progress depends on unreasonable men, who make the world adapt to them, not reasonable ones who adapt to the world.
  — Menachem Wecker, Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
• The first letter from the Russians was softer and didn’t have many unreasonable demands that the US couldn’t meet.
  — Forbes, 27 Feb. 2021
• It’s not unreasonable to think a fan would buy a product like that in the hopes of looking like a Kardashian.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 8 Apr. 2021
• Granted, she has been hurt in the past, but this request seems unreasonable.
  — Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2021
• So, to have Sunday — one day of seven — be a day free of gunshots is not unreasonable.
  — John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2022
• The fear of getting stuck is not unreasonable, said the travel risk experts.
  — Heather Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Dec. 2021
• It’s not unreasonable to think our co-workers are engaging in some of the same kinds of judgment.
  — Jessica Grose, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2021
• Accept a job that’s unreasonable far away from the plaintiff’s home.
  — Tom Spiggle, Forbes, 16 May 2022
• In other instances, as in the St. Louis case, judges ruled the officers did not use unreasonable force.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2021
• The area is about an hour-and-a-half drive from Nashville, allowing for a not-unreasonable commute.
  — New York Times, 12 Feb. 2022
• One of them was, there was a company with a not unreasonable idea on how to make cheap solar cells called Solyndra.
  — Katherine Huggins, Forbes, 7 July 2022
• In that case, a lawyer could argue that the driver exposed other road users to an unreasonable risk.
  — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2024
• The owner told Newsweek that the verbal abuse and unreasonable demands were taking a toll on staff morale and mental health.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
• That doesn’t mean the Progressive Field deal is unreasonable, Humphreys said.
  — Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 14 Nov. 2021
• The excellence and the longevity are unreasonable to match or even approach.
  — Zach Harper, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
• And the Minnesota Department of Commerce said the surcharge's size is unreasonable and that Xcel should pay for part of it.
  — Mike Hughlett, Star Tribune, 13 Dec. 2020
• For all three charges, prosecutors had to prove that Chauvin caused Floyd's death and that his use of force was unreasonable.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2021
• During the pause, the state will evaluate if reinstating the law would create an unreasonable risk to staff and inmate safety.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2025