as in unreasonable
not using or following good reasoning
the illogical claim that playing basketball makes people taller because one sees so many tall players illogical people are likely to believe every sensational claim made on TV
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Recent Examples of illogical
Louis has to travel, and there’s the sense that Eva has nowhere else to go—a vague rationale that feels at once inevitable and illogical.
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Chloe Schama, Vogue, 25 Dec. 2024
But although the play’s scenario certainly sets them up for banter, the dialogue itself is bizarrely unambitious and often illogical.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2024
Honolulu’s case is illogical on its face given that its allegations of damages stem from interstate greenhouse gas emissions.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
What’s hard about this, of course, is that fear is often illogical, and our wants can be, too.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 28 Dec. 2024
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Chloe Schama, Vogue, 25 Dec. 2024
But although the play’s scenario certainly sets them up for banter, the dialogue itself is bizarrely unambitious and often illogical.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2024
Honolulu’s case is illogical on its face given that its allegations of damages stem from interstate greenhouse gas emissions.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
What’s hard about this, of course, is that fear is often illogical, and our wants can be, too.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 28 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for illogical
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But the comparison of the former Pac-12 to the new Pac-12 isn’t unreasonable, either.—
Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
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Reasons to hire Gen Z include their focus on balance and staying grounded—which have the benefit of reducing burnout or unreasonable expectations.—
Tracy Brower,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Friedrich Nietzsche's idea of rationality, Apollonian, and the irrational passion, defined as Dionysian, have always been a sort of philosophical guide for Murano; his way of conceiving fashion.—
Alberto Calabrese,
Vogue,
4 Mar. 2025
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There’s a philosophical view, best associated with the scholar L. A. Paul, that the decision to have children is fundamentally irrational.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Trump is now repeating Kremlin talking points — that Ukraine, not Russia, started the war; that Zelenskyy is an illegitimate leader unpopular with Ukrainians.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
24 Feb. 2025
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Russia's Putin, meanwhile, has remained in power for decades through deepening crackdowns on free expression and increasingly illegitimate elections, according to international experts.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC News,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Illogical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogical. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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