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
Indescribable, illogical, and oh-so powerful belief.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for illogical
Adjective
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Pittman said the defense would not be able to show based on the evidence that Gross’ actions before he was shot were unreasonable.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 5,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Mar. 2026
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Breuer listed two city inspectors by name, accusing them of providing unreasonable timelines, intentionally ignoring information provided by Berrada and its right to the appeal, and for entering the property and interfering with repair work.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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So was Odysseus’s response considered irrational and over-the-top to ancient Greeks?—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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Those models lack sound scientific basis and produce irrational results, such as requiring that nuclear plants protect against radiation below naturally occurring levels.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
6 Mar. 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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Even with policies such as unlimited paid time off, singles may hesitate to take vacations, fearing that their managers will see their reasons for taking time off as illegitimate.—
Peter McGraw,
The Conversation,
6 Mar. 2026
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Crime abhors a vacuum, and in Tommy’s absence, the Peaky Blinders gang has reformed under the aegis of his sociopathic illegitimate son Duke (Barry Keoghan).—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Illogical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogical. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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