How to Use illogical in a Sentence

illogical

adjective

• It is illogical to think that things will change on their own.
• That her placement of items in the fridge is illogical?
  — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 27 Mar. 2020
• Picking the Mavs to win 4 of 6 is illogical, then, right?
  — Dallas News, 1 May 2022
• The two have long shared a vision: to bridge the illogical chasm between those who hunt to eat and those who merely love to eat.
  — Rachel Levin, Bon Appétit, 19 Sep. 2022
• Keep your cool when the things that people do seem illogical.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 20 Feb. 2021
• The plot is an illogical mess of action scenes and joke setups.
  — Joshua Rivera, GQ, 19 May 2018
• The hearing showed that the case the San Francisco fintech was based on an illogical premise.
  — Roslyn Layton, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021
• Ramsey said it’s illogical to think that trunk or treat is safer than trick-or-treating.
  — al, 29 Oct. 2022
• This narrative — which paints Nike as the villain and Mr. Avenatti as the hero — is false and illogical.
  — Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2020
• These were the illogical conclusion of Bluetooth, Tony Hawk video games, and lots of money.
  — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 27 Dec. 2018
• Teams know Randle is a fine passer, so providing him with a recipe on how to beat you seems illogical.
  — Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
• But all of those quibbles are rooted in logic, and the Targa is, at its core, an illogical machine.
  — David Beard, Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2020
• And everyone—at least those of us with illogical toddlers (in other words, toddlers)—is in it.
  — Nat Kendall-Taylor, Quartz, 6 Dec. 2019
• The bridesmaid will no doubt say that that was not her intention, but Miss Manners’ patience with the frankly illogical has, of late, been under strain.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 17 July 2019
• At the same time, many rules that do exist can seem illogical or overly burdensome.
  — Lillian Mongeau, USA TODAY, 28 June 2020
• Following your heart may seem illogical, but today things are likely to work out for you.
  — oregonlive, 7 Mar. 2020
• Handing out a pink slip simply for failing to topple James would have been illogical and unfair too.
  — Ben Golliver, SI.com, 11 May 2018
• The cause of the Stanford loss in my opinion was the illogical and irrational and counter-productive attempt to make Brown a drop-back passer the first quarter and a half with Stanford.
  — oregonlive, 11 Oct. 2021
• If the voice bot gives illogical answers or doesn't understand the requests at all, discontent with the service will arise.
  — Alexey Aylarov, Forbes, 5 May 2021
• Dunst has never tried so hard to be likable and come up short, taking the perkiness for which she was then known to its illogical extreme.
  — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2021
• The series of guidance cuts under Roman has been sloppy and, at times, illogical.
  — Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2019
• You may be tempted to empty your wallet to make an illogical purchase.
  — oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2020
• Others point out with good reason that his lack of support for a carbon price is counter-productive and illogical.
  — Justin Worland, Time, 2 Mar. 2020
• When people are illogical To humans, fairness is often at the heart of a good decision.
  — Karthik Kannan, The Conversation, 16 Dec. 2019
• For residents to have pro-Russia leanings in this area is not illogical.
  — New York Times, 17 June 2022
• Dreams are, by nature, often illogical—but the slight prospect for success does not extinguish them.
  — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• Still, the rant raised an illogical but interesting question: Do child-free people have a right to attend a Disney (or any) theme park?
  — Scott Craven, azcentral, 2 Aug. 2019
• Above all, the impossible narratives and, who knows, even the illogical ones.
  — Ana Ionova, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
• This is a dangerous, illogical position that is hard to square with the Founders’ fear of government tyranny.
  — WSJ, 28 Feb. 2023
• There were so many unnatural or illogical things that ended up in the anime.
  — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024