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Recent Examples of unreasoned
In each case, the actual right to your body is deferred to some third party, either the paternalists, the hypothetical children, or unreasoned authority.
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Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2011
Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreasoned
Adjective
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In truth, there were many factors behind the fall of the Soviet Union — Ronald Reagan’s Star Wars program and other geopolitical provocations, the drop in oil prices, drastic leadership mistakes like the war in Afghanistan, a misguided alcohol policy, and [Mikhail] Gorbachev’s reforms.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Nov. 2025
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This power grab and installed gerrymandering fix was a misguided attempt to make two wrongs a right.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Cramer warned that these moments can feel chaotic — even irrational — but are often driven by valuation extremes finally snapping back toward equilibrium.—
Luke Fountain,
CNBC,
8 Jan. 2026
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Often, these unjustifiable fears arise simply because people draw irrational conclusions from rational concerns.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
2 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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And Wiles, a shrewd lobbyist based in Florida, seldom makes unconsidered moves.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
16 Dec. 2025
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That’s a potential unconsidered downside of being a Pot 1 team as co-hosts in the World Cup draw: Canada might not get to test itself against sides that want to control possession.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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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Experts immediately pointed out that Hassett had used a misleading method known as a cubic fit to make the mortality data appear less frightening.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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For its misleading omissions, the Times story deserves a flunking grade.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Oltmann’s specious claims against Eric Coomer, a former employee of Dominion Voting Systems, cost Coomer more than Oltmann can ever repay — his reputation, health, and safety.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
31 Dec. 2025
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The specious dietary modeling from the aspiring doctor?—
Casey Johnston,
Wired News,
20 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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However, the market is made up of both sensible and irrational participants, and all of that action, both the logical and illogical, is going to be reflected in the stock chart.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
30 Dec. 2025
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Yet the Administration not only acts as if residency is a magic condition but offers a completely illogical and contradictory definition of what residency is.—
Amy Davidson Sorkin,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Importantly, the president already has full legal authority to impose tariffs when other nations’ behavior places an unreasonable burden on our economy, including through environmental negligence.—
Chip Lamarca,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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The logic was that Spirit had projected the league would grow at a rate that the league itself found unreasonable, and so would not be able to field a team while also paying Rodman.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Unreasoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreasoned. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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