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
In a show full of people doing dumb stuff, Anna is doing dumb stuff for ambiguous reasons, though nearly every aspect of her character is rendered either perplexing or illogical in the finale.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
However, the market is made up of both sensible and irrational participants, and all of that action, both the logical and illogical, is going to be reflected in the stock chart.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2025
Yet the Administration not only acts as if residency is a magic condition but offers a completely illogical and contradictory definition of what residency is.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
Word also, unfortunately, retains some seemingly illogical features from versions that date back several decades.
—PC Magazine, 22 Nov. 2025
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
However, the market is made up of both sensible and irrational participants, and all of that action, both the logical and illogical, is going to be reflected in the stock chart.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2025
Yet the Administration not only acts as if residency is a magic condition but offers a completely illogical and contradictory definition of what residency is.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
Word also, unfortunately, retains some seemingly illogical features from versions that date back several decades.
—PC Magazine, 22 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for illogical
Adjective
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There are people who desire to drastically improve the health of our ecosystems who unknowingly struggle with unreasonable expectations.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Feb. 2026
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Amid those pressures, many people turn to the comfort of a pet – but the expectations for what dogs can bring to our lives are becoming increasingly unreasonable.—
Margret Grebowicz,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Those sorts of things are irrational to me.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Feb. 2026
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Although atheism is often associated with hyperrationality, this form of it is unapologetically irrational.—
Christopher Beha,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Bainbridge knew about secrets and unreasoning shame.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Let sound political prescience but take the place of an unreasoning prejudice, and this will be done.—
Frederick Douglass,
The Atlantic,
16 Aug. 2017
Adjective
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Nelly herself is heavily reinterpreted by Fennell, imagined in this film as the illegitimate daughter of an aristocrat who serves as Cathy’s maid; the film also runs with modern readings of her character as a more proactive meddler in the doomed love between the main characters.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
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Advertisement Played by Vietnamese American actor Hong Chau, the Nelly of Fennell's film is reframed as the illegitimate daughter of a lord, and she is directly involved in the misunderstandings that drive the movie's central tragedies.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Illogical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogical. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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