unreasonable

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19
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12
Pronunciation
/ʌnˈɹiːz.(ə)nə.bl̩/

Definition of unreasonable

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Without the ability to reason; unreasoning.
    “Hold thy desperate hand: Art thou a man? thy form cries out thou art: Thy tears are womanish; thy wild acts denote The unreasonable fury of a beast: Unseemly woman in a seeming man!”
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adj

  1. Without the ability to reason; unreasoning.
    “Hold thy desperate hand: Art thou a man? thy form cries out thou art: Thy tears are womanish; thy wild acts denote The unreasonable fury of a beast: Unseemly woman in a seeming man!”
  2. Not reasonable; going beyond what could be expected or asked for.
    “For it seemeth to me vnreasonable, to send a prisoner, and not withall to signifie the crimes laid against him.”
    “The will of those who never allow their will to be disputed, unless they happen to be in a good humour, when they relax proportionally, is almost always unreasonable.”
    “The groups claimed the administration’s planned operations targeted the city for its sanctuary status and amount to a violation of their First Amendment right to free speech and Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure, according to the court filing .”

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Etymology

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

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