as in unreasonable
not using or following good reasoning
it's irrational to think that you can continue to consume an excess of calories and not gain weight
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Recent Examples of irrational
Flesh often stretches, melts, and ruptures, yes, but always in service of core principles: one way or another, the body must react and adapt to its own irrational desires, and to the seeping, churning influences of its environment.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2025
Newsom appeals ‘irrational and malicious’ decision to cut USDA food assistance program
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A driver crashed a van into crowd of shoppers in L.A.’s Santee Alley, injuring nine, including three children
Southern California is expected to get possible record-breaking heat this week.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Anything different would seem irrational or, in plain language, stupid.
—Piotr Winkielman, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
Added to the chaos is the underlying rudimentary calculation of tariff levels that have produced wildly uneven and irrational effects on trading partners with no readily discernible policy value.
—Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2025
Newsom appeals ‘irrational and malicious’ decision to cut USDA food assistance program
What else is going on
A driver crashed a van into crowd of shoppers in L.A.’s Santee Alley, injuring nine, including three children
Southern California is expected to get possible record-breaking heat this week.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Anything different would seem irrational or, in plain language, stupid.
—Piotr Winkielman, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
Added to the chaos is the underlying rudimentary calculation of tariff levels that have produced wildly uneven and irrational effects on trading partners with no readily discernible policy value.
—Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrational
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Courts will not second-guess the safety measures employers adopt, even when those measures infringe on an employee’s privacy, unless the measures are unreasonable under the circumstances.—
Dan Eaton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Apr. 2025
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Companies need to assess their higher costs, and then negotiate with the state regulators who try to protect ratepayers from unreasonable hikes.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2025
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In January 2024, the work was sold to Geffen, seemingly on Sun’s behalf — Sun now says the sale was illegitimate.—
Rachel Corbett,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2025
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They get snared into helping their private investigator friend Moby (Hung) track down kidnappers intent on capturing a young woman named Sylvia (Lola Forner), who turns out to be the illegitimate daughter of a Spanish count.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Irrational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrational. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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