as in unreasonable
not using or following good reasoning
it's irrational to think that you can continue to consume an excess of calories and not gain weight
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As far back as JFK, U.S. officials have been trapped in this irrational family feud that empowers hardliners in both governments while holding citizens here and there hostage to a bureaucratic status quo.
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Lissa Weinmann, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
Scottie Scheffler remains the best golfer, but the honeymoon ends: People are going to start getting irrational.
—Brody Miller, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
Rather than the typical market outlook, fraught with all the dangers of being a soothsayer, this outlook will endeavor to take a journey like Lewis Carroll’s Alice to find some reality in markets that can sometimes seem unreal or irrational.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Unfortunately, the primary object of Eggers’s vampire’s attention, Lily-Rose Depp’s Ellen Hutter, is a victim of a destiny foretold (a scenario that recurs throughout all of Eggers’s films, which strive to push modern, secular mindsets away and immerse viewers in primordial, irrational fears).
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2024
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Lissa Weinmann, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
Scottie Scheffler remains the best golfer, but the honeymoon ends: People are going to start getting irrational.
—Brody Miller, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
Rather than the typical market outlook, fraught with all the dangers of being a soothsayer, this outlook will endeavor to take a journey like Lewis Carroll’s Alice to find some reality in markets that can sometimes seem unreal or irrational.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Unfortunately, the primary object of Eggers’s vampire’s attention, Lily-Rose Depp’s Ellen Hutter, is a victim of a destiny foretold (a scenario that recurs throughout all of Eggers’s films, which strive to push modern, secular mindsets away and immerse viewers in primordial, irrational fears).
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Irrational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrational. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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