unreasonable
B2
adj
Freq #9665
Meanings
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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!
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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.
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3
adj
beyond normal limits
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4
adj
not reasonable
Etymology
From Middle English unresonable, equivalent to un- + reasonable, originally partly after Latin irratiōnābilis.
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Synonyms
3
adj
· beyond normal limits
undue
Word family
Derived forms
unreasonablenessunreasonably