How to Use illogical in a Sentence

illogical

adjective

• It is illogical to think that things will change on their own.
• Of all the years to move the calendar back to March for opening day, this turned out to be the most illogical.
  — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• 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
• As a result, more than a few cutscenes drag on and on with bizarre rants and BJ's own illogical responses to them.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2017
• The hearing showed that the case the San Francisco fintech was based on an illogical premise.
  — Roslyn Layton, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021
• The episode's last few minutes were tense, if illogical.
  — Alex Berenson, Esquire, 18 Nov. 2012
• Ramsey said it’s illogical to think that trunk or treat is safer than trick-or-treating.
  — al, 29 Oct. 2022
• What’s even more illogical to me, the only reason there’s...
  — WSJ, 2 Jan. 2017
• Many fans find this to be the most frustrating and illogical rule in football, and it should be tweaked or clarified.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2017
• 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
• An illogical onside kick try with more than 2 minutes to go.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 15 Jan. 2018
• 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
• His speech was illogical and he was seen eating out of the toilet, playing with his feces, and pouring drinks over his head, according to the complaint.
  — Madeleine O'Neill, Baltimore Sun, 12 June 2024
• The copy-paste approach produced an eclectic and illogical list.
  — The Economist, 3 Feb. 2018
• 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, 12 Apr. 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

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024