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
When the world is falling apart, all the illogical perceptions fall away, leaving only what matters standing, and that which matters is no longer veiled by those perceptions.
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Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
That such sentimentality can come across in a story as disturbing as Mickey’s may sound illogical.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
This is not illogical, in the same way that any blackmail makes sense on paper.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
There’s also the usual fare: the knightly armor, bone gear, and massive, completely illogical fixtures of clothing that would be physically impossible to wear or move around with in the real world.
—Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2025
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Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
That such sentimentality can come across in a story as disturbing as Mickey’s may sound illogical.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
This is not illogical, in the same way that any blackmail makes sense on paper.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
There’s also the usual fare: the knightly armor, bone gear, and massive, completely illogical fixtures of clothing that would be physically impossible to wear or move around with in the real world.
—Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for illogical
Adjective
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The words were harsh but the logic was not unreasonable.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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This would not be an unreasonable proposition, considering the U.S. already pledged a security guarantee to Ukraine upon its return of all nuclear warheads to Russia by 1996, based on the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances.—
Seung-Whan Choi,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Added to the chaos is the underlying rudimentary calculation of tariff levels that have produced wildly uneven and irrational effects on trading partners with no readily discernible policy value.—
Jerrold Lundquist,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The characters are believably upset and irrational for much of the play.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2025
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His failure to win the popular vote made his election feel contestable, even illegitimate.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2025
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Created primarily to fight organized crime, RICO was seldom used until a 1981 Supreme Court decision expanded its interpretation to apply to both legitimate and illegitimate enterprises, according to Jeffrey Grell, an expert on the law who previewed the case for the American Bar Association.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Illogical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogical. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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