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Recent Examples of unreasonably
The Justice Department was required to prove Lander knowingly and unreasonably obstructed the usual use of elevators and an elevator lobby.
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Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
And while Cathy has always been a famous beauty, Pugh is looking almost unreasonably chic as the arguable tyrant/Satan analog.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
As the 70th edition of the world’s greatest and most unreasonably extravagant song contest, this year’s Eurovision should have been a cause for celebration.
—Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 11 May 2026
Stuck in the desert somewhere just south of the American border, Zendaya’s desperate, unreasonably chipper addict is trying to get a duffel bag filled with who knows what from Chihuahua back to California, but her off-road route is filled with impediments.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026
Jurors are being asked to decide whether the formula is unreasonably dangerous for certain preterm babies, whether Abbott failed to adequately warn about the dangers and risks of the formula, and whether Abbott was negligent.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
In March 2024, Chicago filed a lawsuit alleging that Glock had unreasonably endangered its residents.
—Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
Glen Powell is an unreasonably charming actor at his best playing funny, good-hearted guys.
—New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
The bill would task the state’s attorney general with establishing the guidelines to determine unreasonably excessive prices for captive consumers, such as at airports, hospitals, sporting events, large festivals or in correctional facilities.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2026
Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
And while Cathy has always been a famous beauty, Pugh is looking almost unreasonably chic as the arguable tyrant/Satan analog.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
As the 70th edition of the world’s greatest and most unreasonably extravagant song contest, this year’s Eurovision should have been a cause for celebration.
—Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 11 May 2026
Stuck in the desert somewhere just south of the American border, Zendaya’s desperate, unreasonably chipper addict is trying to get a duffel bag filled with who knows what from Chihuahua back to California, but her off-road route is filled with impediments.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026
Jurors are being asked to decide whether the formula is unreasonably dangerous for certain preterm babies, whether Abbott failed to adequately warn about the dangers and risks of the formula, and whether Abbott was negligent.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
In March 2024, Chicago filed a lawsuit alleging that Glock had unreasonably endangered its residents.
—Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
Glen Powell is an unreasonably charming actor at his best playing funny, good-hearted guys.
—New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
The bill would task the state’s attorney general with establishing the guidelines to determine unreasonably excessive prices for captive consumers, such as at airports, hospitals, sporting events, large festivals or in correctional facilities.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreasonably
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Thus, with those over the age of 33 consigned to ashy nothingness, and everyone else expecting to only live a few more years, the world of Clair Obscur is almost unbearably strange and sad, suffused with a genuinely desolate eeriness.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
3 Dec. 2025
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Strong but never exploitative or lingering, these moments include the mass slaughter of innocent civilians on the banks of the Yangtze river and an almost unbearably tense passage involving a crying baby on a crowded street.—
Richard Kuipers,
Variety,
18 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Unbelievably, unconscionably, ICE agents are killing American citizens such as Renee Good.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 2026
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Many have noted that the health care system in the United States is an inefficient, unconscionably expensive, gawd-awful mess.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Powell stars as a man offing his obscenely wealthy family to resecure an inheritance.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
4 Dec. 2025
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Divorce court for the obscenely moneyed is the ideal venue for observing this particular kind of specimen.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Instead of keeping the ball tucked, Mitchell tried to extend it and inexcusably lost the ball.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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In a fit-for-TikTok flourish, the conventional curtain call has been replaced by the cast members taking turns dancing—each one extravagantly costumed as a flower, in honor of Wilde, who sometimes wore on his lapel a green carnation, a covert symbol of his homosexuality.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
17 Nov. 2025
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As the 1960s turned into the 1970s—literally, December 31, 1969—Jimi Hendrix debuted his new trio Band of Gypsys at Fillmore East, featuring the extravagantly Afroed singer-drummer Buddy Miles, who flashed both a passable croon and Stubblefield-style backbeat.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Our task, in the year of the United States’ two-hundred-and-fiftieth birthday, is to deprovincialize the Revolution, without unduly deprecating its originality.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Think of the telegraph, which arrived in the 1840s and policymakers debated public ownership from its earliest days (in fact, the Labor Reform Party’s 1872 platform demanded the government prevent telegraph corporations from exacting rates that bore unduly on producers and consumers).—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
3 June 2026
Adverb
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The right drug given to the right patient at the right time is great, but the same drug can be inappropriately given, causing harm.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Nov. 2025
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Oh was accused of inappropriately touching an unidentified actress on multiple occasions between August and September 2017.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Nov. 2025
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That is true of leaders anywhere, but Israel’s history has predisposed some of its policymakers to focus excessively on day-to-day survival and to misapprehend or ignore strategic dynamics as a result.—
Andrew P. Miller,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Dec. 2025
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Levels that are lower than that can dry out skin and cause static electricity, and air that’s excessively dry can even damage wood structures, sheetrock, and leather furniture in your home, causing cracking and warping.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
4 Dec. 2025
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“Unreasonably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreasonably. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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