unreasoned

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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. Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreasoned
Adjective
  • Immigration reform that targets the most productive and successful programs is misguided and devoid of economic sense.
    Ben Zweig, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • There’s been a misguided assertion that what’s happening with ICE is only a Latino issue, but ICE’s bombardment of both Black and Brown communities in Chicago demonstrates otherwise.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This guy might be single-handedly responsible for generations of people having an irrational fear of clowns.
    Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The study, published on the research platform arXiv, found that once the models were allowed to vary their bets and set their own targets, irrational behavior surged — and bankruptcy became a common outcome.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • The activist investor’s latest move should prompt consideration of other untapped opportunities in other unconsidered sectors.
    Hudson Lockett, Reuters, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • This, in turn, creates a feedback loop where accurate, trustworthy information is rewarded while low-quality or potentially misleading content loses influence.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The idea is to prevent ads containing false or misleading material that can potentially hurt someone.
    Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • But Optimo Hats founder Graham Thompson, who probably knows more about hats than anyone dead or alive, waves this off as a specious piece of armchair history.
    Nathan King, Air Mail, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Paramount settled a lawsuit by Trump against CBS News and 60 Minutes generally considered specious and winnable for $16 million as the company sought government approval for its sale to Skydance, which came shortly after.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Scrutinize fine details like hair, fur, or repetitive patterns that may appear unnatural, and inspect for illogical lighting, shadows, or odd background elements.
    Matt Emma, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Word also, unfortunately, retains some seemingly illogical features from versions that date back several decades.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Civil Code Section 4740 grandfathers rental prohibitions, while Section 4741 bans rental prohibitions and unreasonable restrictions.
    Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • But this is perhaps an artificial high tempo, dictated by an unreasonable number of substitutes.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025

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“Unreasoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreasoned. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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