adj
Meaning 1
Without the ability to reason; unreasoning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unreasonable
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ʌnˈɹiːz.(ə)nə.bl̩/
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 N R IY1 Z N AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Not reasonable; going beyond what could be expected or asked for.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: reasonable
adjective
Meaning 3
not reasonable; not showing good judgment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: reasonable
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
beyond normal limits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- excessive charges
- a book of inordinate length
- his dress stops just short of undue elegance
- unreasonable demands
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: excessive, inordinate, undue
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English unresonable, equivalent to un- + reasonable, originally partly after Latin irratiōnābilis.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: нерезонен (nerezonen) — not reasonable
- Danish: urimelig — not reasonable
- Esperanto: senracia — not reasonable
- Finnish: kohtuuton — not reasonable
- French: déraisonnable — not reasonable
- German: unvernünftig — not reasonable
- German: kompromisslos — not reasonable
- German: nicht nachvollziehbar — not reasonable
- German: unklug — not reasonable
- German: übertrieben — not reasonable
- German: unmäßig — not reasonable
- Ancient Greek: ἄλογος (álogos) — not reasonable
- Italian: irragionevole — not reasonable
- Latin: irratiōnābilis — not reasonable
- Manx: meeresoonagh — not reasonable
- Manx: neuresoonagh — not reasonable
- Plautdietsch: onveninftich — not reasonable
- Polish: nierozsądny — not reasonable
- Portuguese: insensato — not reasonable
- Portuguese: irracional — not reasonable
- Romanian: nerezonabil — not reasonable
- Russian: неразу́мный (nerazúmnyj) — not reasonable
- Spanish: irrazonable — not reasonable
- Swedish: orimlig — not reasonable
- Swedish: oresonlig — not reasonable
- Telugu: నిష్కారణము (niṣkāraṇamu) — not reasonable
- Welsh: afresymol — not reasonable
Real reading context