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
Advertisement Advertisement The only thing falling quicker than Washington’s patience with the White House is the U.S. economy, which has been rocked by fears of a trade war fueled by escalating and irrational tariffs.
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Philip Elliott, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
For a woman who had made a reputation as a lucid, sharp chronicler of the reality of American lives, Didion struggled with the irrational thoughts that flooded her mind afterward.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
But here’s something important to consider: while the ick might seem like a spontaneous, irrational response, this might not always be the case.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
And then there’s the emotional, irrational lift of gilt and glory, the baroque architecture, the Renaissance art, the history stretching back to Jesus and Saint Peter.
—Howard Chua-Eoan, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
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Philip Elliott, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
For a woman who had made a reputation as a lucid, sharp chronicler of the reality of American lives, Didion struggled with the irrational thoughts that flooded her mind afterward.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
But here’s something important to consider: while the ick might seem like a spontaneous, irrational response, this might not always be the case.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
And then there’s the emotional, irrational lift of gilt and glory, the baroque architecture, the Renaissance art, the history stretching back to Jesus and Saint Peter.
—Howard Chua-Eoan, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrational
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In a unanimous opinion, the justices said courts can look beyond the exact moment a police officer is using deadly force to determine if the force was unreasonable.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Given the high degree of regulation and data privacy concerns within our industry, this isn’t an unreasonable question, to say nothing of the cost of bespoke software solutions.—
Tom Hughes,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Peters was found guilty in August on seven counts convicting her for assisting in facilitating unauthorized access to voting equipment after the 2020 election, aiming to bolster Trump’s claim the election results were illegitimate.—
Alex Gangitano,
The Hill,
6 May 2025
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Nothing in the court’s opinion, however, required states to create voucher programs, much less implied that reserving public education funds for public schools was illegitimate.—
Derek W. Black,
The Conversation,
6 May 2025
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“Irrational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrational. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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