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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Recent Examples of illogical
That statement was completely illogical yet also made perfect sense, and therefore proved a fitting appraisal of a truly logic-defying game in Paris on Tuesday.
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Michael Cox,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2026
Among other things, the illogical alternating of festival years with Moscow came to an end, and since 1994, the festival has been held annually in Karlovy Vary.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
Amid all their attacks and counter-attacks, what motivates each aggrieved party comes to light, painting a rich, empathetic portrait of lives lived under immense pressure — and the illogical outlets that sometimes become our only means of relief.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
But the point here is that no matter how illogical this Spurs season has seemed so far, nobody would be surprised to see Wembanyama defy even more history and gravity and common sense.
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Mike Finger,
San Antonio Express-News,
2 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for illogical
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2026
Among other things, the illogical alternating of festival years with Moscow came to an end, and since 1994, the festival has been held annually in Karlovy Vary.
—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
Amid all their attacks and counter-attacks, what motivates each aggrieved party comes to light, painting a rich, empathetic portrait of lives lived under immense pressure — and the illogical outlets that sometimes become our only means of relief.
—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
But the point here is that no matter how illogical this Spurs season has seemed so far, nobody would be surprised to see Wembanyama defy even more history and gravity and common sense.
—
Mike Finger,
San Antonio Express-News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for illogical
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Those fears are not unreasonable, either, given the ability of AI to do so many things so well.
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Horn’s assessment wasn’t unreasonable; it was based on recent statements by Greenlandic politicians.
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Economist Hyman Minsky spent his career explaining how irrational behavior produces fragility and instability in capitalist systems.
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McClanahan has been close enough to his usual production, but without an irrational need for perfection.
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Roosevelt surely understood that nameless, unreasoning, unjustified fear cannot be eradicated.
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Bainbridge knew about secrets and unreasoning shame.
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Some fraudsters run an illegitimate DME company and get a doctor to prescribe the equipment.
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After testing against other economic variables that may have contributed to higher costs, and comparing housing activity in high-fraud ZIP codes to low-fraud ones in the same county, the researchers found illegitimate PPP loans to be one of the core drivers of housing prices.
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“Illogical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogical. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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