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unreasonable

un·rea·so·nable

UK/ʌnˈɹiːz.(ə)nə.bl̩/ US/ʌˈnriznʌbʌl/ fairly common

adjective

2.

pungent adjectives of disesteem

  • “gave me a cockamamie reason for not going”
  • “wore a goofy hat”
  • “a silly idea”
  • “some wacky plan for selling more books”
3.

absurd and inappropriate

  • “the unreasonable nimbus of romance with which she had encircled that man” Thomas Hardy
4.

beyond normal limits

  • “excessive charges”
  • “a book of inordinate length”
  • “his dress stops just short of undue elegance”
  • “unreasonable demands”
5.

inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense

  • “the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant” Walter Lippman
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Origin

From Middle English unresonable, equivalent to un- + reasonable, originally partly after Latin irratiōnābilis.

Phrases

  • Wednesbury unreasonable

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