Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not governed by or based on reason.
- adjective Exceeding reasonable limits; immoderate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not reasonable or agreeable to reason; irrational.
- Exceeding the bounds of reason; beyond what is reasonable or moderate; exorbitant; immoderate: as, an unreasonable price.
- Not endowed with reason; irrational.
- Not listening to or acting according to reason; not guided by reason; not influenced by reason.
- Inconvenient.
- Synonyms Absurd, Silly, Foolish, etc. (see
absurd ), obstinate, wrong-headed, extravagant, unfair, unjust, extortionate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not reasonable; irrational; immoderate; exorbitant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective not
reasonable
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not reasonable; not showing good judgment
- adjective beyond normal limits
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Examples
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Because the term "unreasonable" is a little vague, the decision about these rate increases is regulated at the state level.
Linda Bergthold: Health Independence Day Linda Bergthold 2011
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Because the term "unreasonable" is a little vague, the decision about these rate increases is regulated at the state level.
Linda Bergthold: Health Independence Day Linda Bergthold 2011
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Because the term "unreasonable" is a little vague, the decision about these rate increases is regulated at the state level.
Linda Bergthold: Health Independence Day Linda Bergthold 2011
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Because the term "unreasonable" is a little vague, the decision about these rate increases is regulated at the state level.
Linda Bergthold: Health Independence Day Linda Bergthold 2011
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Because the term "unreasonable" is a little vague, the decision about these rate increases is regulated at the state level.
Linda Bergthold: Health Independence Day Linda Bergthold 2011
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Because the term "unreasonable" is a little vague, the decision about these rate increases is regulated at the state level.
Linda Bergthold: Health Independence Day Linda Bergthold 2011
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Because the term "unreasonable" is a little vague, the decision about these rate increases is regulated at the state level.
Linda Bergthold: Health Independence Day Linda Bergthold 2011
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Because the term "unreasonable" is a little vague, the decision about these rate increases is regulated at the state level.
Linda Bergthold: Health Independence Day Linda Bergthold 2011
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Democrat had proposed a 25 percent tax on what they called unreasonable profits raked in by the five biggest U.S. oil companies.
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And that is this tax on what they call unreasonable profits from the oil companies.
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