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Adjective
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Those sorts of things are irrational to me.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Feb. 2026 -
Although atheism is often associated with hyperrationality, this form of it is unapologetically irrational.—
Christopher Beha,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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Link said there’s something illogical about ending widespread use of ExpressVote for early voting.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2026
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Contrary to Arya’s point, the current volatility may be seen as risk repricing under uncertainty, rather than as an illogical or paradoxical conclusion.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Mid-century collective behavior theories considered social movements to be nonrational, spontaneous events occurring during moments of social and cultural breakdown.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Sep. 2025
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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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There is a widespread but fallacious perception that India's tariffs are inordinately high.—
Mohan Kumar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Aug. 2025
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The same economists who believe in the same fallacious economic notions?—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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There are people who desire to drastically improve the health of our ecosystems who unknowingly struggle with unreasonable expectations.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Feb. 2026
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Amid those pressures, many people turn to the comfort of a pet – but the expectations for what dogs can bring to our lives are becoming increasingly unreasonable.—
Margret Grebowicz,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Karlsson was on the wrong side of the puck all evening, made careless decisions and generally played a thoughtless game.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Facing the prospect of a return to normalcy, and perhaps emboldened by Yaya’s thoughtless offer to hire Agnes as her assistant, Agnes picks up a rock and prepares to murder the model with it.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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These apps often default to a faster, dumber model.—
Matt Shumer,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Who, other than dumb people like me, are gonna recruit high school kids?—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Surd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surd. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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