unreasonable

B2
US /ʌnˈɹiːz.(ə)nə.bl̩/
adj Freq #9665

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Without the ability to reason; unreasoning.

    Hold thy desperate hand: Art thou a man? thy form cries out thou art: Thy tears are womanish; thy wild acts denote The unreasonable fury of a beast: Unseemly woman in a seeming man!

  2. 2
    adj

    Not reasonable; going beyond what could be expected or asked for.

    For it seemeth to me vnreasonable, to send a prisoner, and not withall to signifie the crimes laid against him.

  3. 3
    adj

    beyond normal limits

  4. 4
    adj

    not reasonable

Etymology

From Middle English unresonable, equivalent to un- + reasonable, originally partly after Latin irratiōnābilis.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 adj · beyond normal limits undue
Word family
Derived forms unreasonablenessunreasonably

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