Definition of illogicalnext

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Recent Examples of illogical As presented in the Gang’s illogical scapegoating, fear-mongering, and overall manipulative self-exoneration, the debate turned into a farce. Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026 For instance, a sleep issue prompt yields varied advice depending on prior conversational context, occasionally making illogical leaps. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 Their complaints have been mostly incoherent and illogical, with UEFA's statement in particular being laughably inaccurate. Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 July 2026 He’s made his way into the backrooms and finds that the place keeps going, offering up illogical doorways and holes in the floor. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for illogical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for illogical
Adjective
  • The imposition of the tariffs stemmed from a breakdown in negotiations between the two countries in August, with each claiming the other side had unreasonable requests that would be detrimental to their respective country’s workers.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Drop one task that doesn’t need to happen today, and ask for clarification if a deadline feels unreasonable.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Our simple equation, for example, has the solutions and , which are irrational; their digits begin and keep going forever without repeating.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026
  • So the strongest performers tend to resist hardest, and their response is not irrational.
    Pankaj Prasoon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • But in each event—in the living act, the undoubted deed—there, some unknown but still reasoning thing puts forth the mouldings of its features from behind the unreasoning mask.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
  • Roosevelt surely understood that nameless, unreasoning, unjustified fear cannot be eradicated.
    New York Times, New York Times, 9 June 2026
Adjective
  • The researchers suspect that others were created by AI that either hallucinated or, just like the AI agents browsing their file, couldn’t distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate instructions.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Internet discussions portrayed the SPLC as a politically motivated or illegitimate actor.
    Art Jipson, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Illogical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogical. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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