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
Further, this assumes AI systems are actually free from the biases present in their training data, which is illogical.
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Luis E. Romero, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Officers making contact with Hyatt noted an odor of intoxicants, staggering gait, confusion and illogical, untruthful responses to questions, according to the motion.
—Arkansas Online, 18 Aug. 2025
Other red flags include excessive washing, and avoidance of certain toys or places due to fears and rituals that seem illogical or disconnected from the situation.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
Somehow this ineptly plotted affair lured Keke Palmer into its lair and her comedy chops all but gets handcuffed by an illogical, unfunny screenplay.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
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Luis E. Romero, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Officers making contact with Hyatt noted an odor of intoxicants, staggering gait, confusion and illogical, untruthful responses to questions, according to the motion.
—Arkansas Online, 18 Aug. 2025
Other red flags include excessive washing, and avoidance of certain toys or places due to fears and rituals that seem illogical or disconnected from the situation.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
Somehow this ineptly plotted affair lured Keke Palmer into its lair and her comedy chops all but gets handcuffed by an illogical, unfunny screenplay.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for illogical
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Many of our technologies are built on the not-unreasonable assumption that openness is good, and that more common knowledge is better.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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Each side of the issue argues that the other is unreasonable and operating in bad faith.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Poetry brings hope, not an irrational optimism or wishful thinking, but a positive orientation to the future, of what a better, healthier future would look like.—
K.J.S. “Sunny” Anand,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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Marks believes that investor optimism doesn’t automatically signal irrational exuberance.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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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
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Also endangering the family name and business is a crooked deal made by Byron Hedges (Jack Gleeson), an illegitimate cousin helping Guinness expand into America, that promises 15% of all American profits to the Fenian Brotherhood.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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The play’s serious depiction of class politics and illegitimate birth were considered shocking by contemporary audiences.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Illogical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogical. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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