as in illogical
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Recent Examples of nonlogical
But because most biological creativity, as subsequent scientific research has shown, involves data-free and nonlogical processes, divergent thinking is far more conservative in its outcomes than human imagination.
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Wired, 25 Jan. 2022
Wired, 25 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonlogical
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Pike’s stairs, however, are an M.C. Esher–esque illogical maze, full of steep drop-offs and impossible turns.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2025
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Instead—and this has been reported throughout the process of people trying to preorder a Nintendo Switch 2—individuals go through a confusing and seemingly illogical experience.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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After a 14-year break, the Final Destination franchise returns with another installment sure to inspire a host of new irrational fears.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
16 May 2025
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Free agency is in the distant past, the NFL Draft is in the rearview mirror and, barring any major swerves, many fans are piecing team depth charts together with irrational confidence while anxiously waiting for Wednesday’s schedule release.—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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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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Earlier this week, Gates took to Instagram to give his unwarranted opinion on the couple’s relationship.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Congratulations to Harvard University for fighting back against the Trump administration’s unseemly efforts to use federal dollars to try to exert unwarranted control over higher education.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2025
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Black Mirror returns for a seventh season, with a star lineup that includes Rashida Jones, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Issa Rae—who enter the bizarre realms of the sci-fi series with unsound comedy and deep human emotion.—
Malik Peay,
Essence,
17 Apr. 2025
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The money would go to Metro, the physically unsafe and fiscally unsound public transit system that saw its ridership peak in the 1980s.—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2025
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By adjusting power consumption dynamically, the tool could help reduce unnecessary background activity and extend battery life—especially during idle periods or when apps are not in active use.—
Tahar Rajab,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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And unlike species that evolved to shed unnecessary traits, the Greenland shark has kept its ability to see intact, even if it is modified for its shadowy world.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Trump’s order aligned with his unfounded claims that fraud is widespread in U.S. elections and that voting by noncitizen immigrants is a major problem.—
Phil Willon,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Drue Moore’s widow, Kelly, and their two children are now suing Brooks and Robinson, claiming their unfounded accusations of him embezzling Winthrop funds led to Drue’s death by suicide.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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For Stephens, a former soldier who’d become the chairman of his family’s information technology business, EBSCO Industries, the carnage was unconscionable.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
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Without such investments, people would still be dying from those illnesses at unconscionable rates.—
Dhruv Khullar,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Nonlogical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonlogical. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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