ˌən-ˈrēz-niŋ
as in irrational
not using or following good reasoning
an unreasoning argument based on some false assumptions
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Recent Examples of unreasoning
Let sound political prescience but take the place of an unreasoning prejudice, and this will be done.
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Frederick Douglass, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2017
Frederick Douglass, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2017
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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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To prevent yourself from imposing irrational penalties, set up house rules that outline logical consequences in advance.Leslie Garisto Pfaff, Parents, 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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On the campaign trail, Trump and his running mate, J. D. Vance, dismissed Biden’s parole program for Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, Haitians, and Cubans, which is responsible for more than half a million people entering the country, as illegitimate.Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024
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None of which means Hot Seat stories are illegitimate.David Whitley, The Tennessean, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Unreasoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreasoning. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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