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 didn’t seem crazy or unreasonable to me at all.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • Seven of the last 10 Devils-Rangers games have been decided by two or more goals, so the puck line isn’t unreasonable.
    Geoff Clark, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 9 Jan. 2020
  • 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
  • Four major ones in four days would not be unreasonable.
    Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2020
  • 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
  • Some will dismiss Conclave’s late-stage reveal as a cheap twist, and given how much the film traffics in Bravo-level rumors and nastiness, that’s not an unreasonable conclusion.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The Fourth Amendment’s protection against unreasonable searches and seizures also applies in public spaces.
    Rose Cuison-Villazor, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'unreasonable.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: