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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Not governed by reason: an unreasonable attitude.
  2. adj. Exceeding reasonable limits; immoderate: unreasonable demands. See Synonyms at excessive.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Not reasonable or agreeable to reason; irrational.
  2. Exceeding the bounds of reason; beyond what is reasonable or moderate; exorbitant; immoderate: as, an unreasonable price.
  3. Not endowed with reason; irrational.
  4. Not listening to or acting according to reason; not guided by reason; not influenced by reason.
  5. Inconvenient.
  6. Synonyms Absurd, Silly, Foolish, etc. (see absurd), obstinate, wrong-headed, extravagant, unfair, unjust, extortionate.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. not reasonable

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Not reasonable; irrational; immoderate; exorbitant.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. not reasonable; not showing good judgment
  2. adj. beyond normal limits

Examples

  • “Because the term "unreasonable" is a little vague, the decision about these rate increases is regulated at the state level.”

    The Huffington Post: Linda Bergthold: Health Independence Day

  • “Democrat had proposed a 25 percent tax on what they called unreasonable profits raked in by the five biggest U.S. oil companies.”

    CNN Transcript Jun 11, 2008

  • “And that is this tax on what they call unreasonable profits from the oil companies.”

    CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2008

  • “His ex-wife Sadie Frost divorced Law in 2003 after six years of marriage for what she called unreasonable behavior.”

    CNN Transcript Jul 18, 2005

  • “She was ashamed afterward of what she called her unreasonable behavior.”

    Molly Brown's Senior Days

  • “The administration used its rate review authority once before, on a smaller scale, in an effort to stop what it described as an unreasonable rate increase of 12 percent by the Everence Insurance Company in Pennsylvania.”

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  • “University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks said the school will definitely appeal what he calls the unreasonable ruling on the lawsuit in which basketball coach”

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  • “The girls' lawyers argued that the district was obligated to justify the extra punishment, which they called unreasonable and unnecessarily harmful to the girls.”

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  • “So an Executive Order freezing premium increases until insurers have justified increases deemed unreasonable is necessary to implement the express requirements of the federal law.”

    The Huffington Post: Jamie Court: Time for Obama to Get Tough on Insurers With Rate Freeze Via Executive Order

  • “Better hope that there's nothin 'unreasonable in them!”

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