unreasonability

Noun

unreasonability (usually uncountable, plural unreasonabilities)

1. (usually) Synonym of unreasonableness.
   • But then, it is not unheard-of for reviewers to berate a writer for writing a book according to his own taste, and not the book the reviewer would have written, if the reviewer were only capable of writing. It would be unreasonable to expect anything else. I have my own unreasonabilities, too. I...1983 June, Isaac Asimov, “Editorial: Unreasonable!”, in Shawna McCarthy, editor, Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, volume 7, number 6 (66 overall), New York, N.Y.: Davis Publications, →ISSN...
   • Such strange results are not encountered when solving differential equations with initial conditions. Thus, it may seem to the reader that problems with boundary conditions are curious problems without reasonable physical or technical motivation or interpretation. The converse is true. For example...1999, Karel Rektorys, “Introduction”, in Solving Ordinary and Partial Boundary Value Problems in Science and Engineering, Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 3

   Synonyms:

   unreasonableness