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unreasonable
CEFRB1
/ʌnˈɹiːz.(ə)nə.bl̩/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Not fair, sensible, or based on good judgment.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailNot reasonable; going beyond what could be expected or asked for.
Examples
The salesman sold the article at an unreasonable price.
Your demands are unreasonable.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 3
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 4
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningWithout the ability to reason; unreasoning.
More examples
In contextFor it seemeth to me vnreasonable, to send a prisoner, and not withall to signifie the crimes laid against him.
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!
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.
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Origin
adjective
From Middle English unresonable, equivalent to un- + reasonable, originally partly after Latin irratiōnābilis.