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
Rock en español and samba and reggaetón and salsa—somehow the people who came, our friends and their friends and the friends of their friends, danced to it all, no matter how esoteric or apparently illogical the transitions between tracks might have seemed.
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Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Everything from The Overlook’s illogical architecture to the backstories of the mysterious unnamed ghosts inhabiting it has been studied across multiple documentaries.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
There's an odd twist in the Arkansas Razorbacks' nonconference results for the last couple of decades that is largely illogical.
—Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 7 Sep. 2024
An immediate first step is to stop the illogical closure of existing nuclear plants and press ahead with new ones of traditional design.
—Armond Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2021
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Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Everything from The Overlook’s illogical architecture to the backstories of the mysterious unnamed ghosts inhabiting it has been studied across multiple documentaries.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
There's an odd twist in the Arkansas Razorbacks' nonconference results for the last couple of decades that is largely illogical.
—Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 7 Sep. 2024
An immediate first step is to stop the illogical closure of existing nuclear plants and press ahead with new ones of traditional design.
—Armond Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for illogical
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As Barca laboured and eventually failed to land some of its transfer targets such as Nico Williams, the proposal for Casado might not have seemed too unreasonable at the time.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The indictment alleged Hankison deprived Taylor of the right to be free from unreasonable seizures and deprived her neighbors of the right to be free from the deprivation of liberty without due process of law.Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2024
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Another possible argument is the arbitrators’ decision is irrational given the evidence and testimony or, similarly, the arbitrators relied on materials and insights that were inapplicable or vulnerable to bias.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Stereotypes like these harm Latinas by turning us into unhinged and irrational women in the popular imagination of white U.S. society.Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Officials in Lancaster, who have been reviewing the 2,500 ballots suspected of fraud have found that 60 percent were potentially illegitimate, Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams said.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Democrats are already working to steal the election from Donald Trump, and the results are going to be illegitimate.Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Illogical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogical. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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