unreasonable
Syllables: un·rea·son·a·ble/ʌnˈɹiːz.(ə)nə.bl̩/
unreasonable adjective: without the ability to reason; unreasoning.
Adjective
unreasonable (comparative more unreasonable, superlative most unreasonable)
- 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!c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- Hold thy desperate hand:
- 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 25:27
- 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.1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, “Duty to Parents”, in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published...
- Antonyms:
- reasonable
unreasonable meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
unreasonable in Tamil
- அறிவுக்கு ஒவ்வாத, நேர்மை, காரணமற்ற, பகுத்தறிவற்ற, அநியாய
unreasonable in Marathi
- गैरवाजवी
unreasonable in Urdu
- unreasonable, absurd
- بیجا bejā
unreasonable in Bengali
- unreasonable, inconsolable
- অবোধ obōdh
- unreasonable, illogical
- আজুড়ে ajuṛe, আজাইড়া ajaiṛa
More languagesFewer languages
- unreasonable in Telugu
- నిష్కారణము niṣkāraṇamu
- unreasonable in Malayalam
- അസംഗതമായ, യുക്തിരഹിതമായ, അവിവേകമായ, യുക്തിരഹിതമായി
- unreasonable in Kannada
- ಅಸಮಂಜಸ, ಅಯುಕ್ತ, ಸೂಕ್ತವಲ್ಲದ, ಸರಿಯಲ್ಲದ
- unreasonable in Punjabi
- بھانڈا bhānḍā
- unreasonable in Gujarati
- ગેરવાજબી
- unreasonable in Odia
- ଅସୁନ୍ଦର asundara
Examples of unreasonable in a sentence
- It's not unreasonable to verify his claims by cross-checking them with third parties. That's called due diligence.
- It seems unreasonable for our boss to withhold our wages.
- That year, secession was enacted on account of unreasonable policies.
Antonyms of unreasonable
Forms of unreasonable
| comparative | more unreasonable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unreasonable |
Origin of unreasonable
From Middle English unresonable, equivalent to un- + reasonable, originally partly after Latin irratiōnābilis.
Words formed from unreasonable
Questions about unreasonable
- What does unreasonable mean?
- Unreasonable means without the ability to reason; unreasoning.
- What is unreasonable in Tamil?
- Unreasonable in Tamil is அறிவுக்கு ஒவ்வாத, நேர்மை, காரணமற்ற. See Unreasonable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is unreasonable?
- Unreasonable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unreasonable?
- Unreasonable is pronounced /ʌnˈɹiːz.(ə)nə.bl̩/.
Words near unreasonable in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unreasonable (page history and authors); unreasonable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unreasonable (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); بیجا (Urdu) (page history and authors); অবোধ (Bengali) (page history and authors); unreasonable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unreasonable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بھانڈا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); unreasonable (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ଅସୁନ୍ଦର (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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