unreasonable

adj
/ʌnˈɹiːz.(ə)nə.bl̩/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from irratiōnābilis
  2. inherited from unresonable

Definitions

  1. Without the ability to reason

    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. Not reasonable

    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.
    • The will of those who never allow their will to be disputed, unless they happen to be in a good humour, when they relax proportionally, is almost always unreasonable.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unreasonable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA