as in illogical
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Recent Examples of nonlogical
But because most biological creativity, as subsequent scientific research has shown, involves data-free and nonlogical processes, divergent thinking is far more conservative in its outcomes than human imagination.
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Wired, 25 Jan. 2022
Wired, 25 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonlogical
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Curiosity In The Billable Hour World In a world where every minute counts, taking what may feel like the long way around can seem illogical.Hunter McMahon, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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This is a holiday movie, so Avery and Logan decide to handle this situation in the most illogical way possible.Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2024
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The lines — in banana yellows, tangerine oranges, cranberry reds — twist and turn and suggest an irrational understanding of how the universe works.Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 16 Dec. 2024
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Conversely, what then could be more wasteful, more undesirable, and more irrational than negating a large share of these conversion gains by wasting them?Vaclav Smil, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2024
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Left in the dust ‘Cruise’ driverless robot taxis are seen at a parking lot as California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) revokes its self-driving car permit and citing ‘unreasonable risk to public safety’ in San Francisco, California, USA on October 24, 2023.Kristian Burt, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
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To determine whether those amounts posed an unreasonable risk of harm, the agency compared them to a specific benchmark — the highest concentration of formaldehyde measured by government monitors in outdoor air between 2015 and 2020.Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
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Michael Soller, Lara’s chief spokesperson, disputed the criticisms and said the department’s regulatory review process gives it the authority to prevent unwarranted rate hikes and to ensure that insurers are making progress in meeting the 85% coverage goal.Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Kirsten Hillman, Canada's ambassador to Washington, said Trudeau successfully conveyed to Trump and his key Cabinet nominees that comparisons between the U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico borders are unwarranted.Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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Malzahn was hired partly to bring stability to the program, but his decision-making, talent evaluation and personnel moves have been rash and unsound.Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
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But under his watch, the Sox were a wildly unsound, undisciplined team that did almost nothing right.Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
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But they were assured reservations were unnecessary.Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
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Be clear about your priorities and don’t let unnecessary features distract you.Rhett Power, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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This charge, no less than a modern-day blood libel, is just the latest attack in Amnesty's longstanding campaign of lawfare against and vilification of the State of Israel, having previously accused the Jewish state of the equally unfounded charge of apartheid.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Warrior Essentials is one of many companies that trade on unfounded theories about the dangers of vaccines, which have proliferated in the alt-right social media landscape since the pandemic — ideas that are not backed by science.Aria Bendix, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
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While her methods become increasingly extreme and her actions ultimately unconscionable, right now she's driven by conviction rather than malice.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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Under current laws, landlords can — and often do — hire brokers and then make their tenants pay the fees, a practice that adds thousands of dollars on to New Yorkers’ move-in tabs that supporters of the bill say is unconscionable.Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Nonlogical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonlogical. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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