Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an unreasonable manner; contrary to reason; foolishly; excessively; immoderately.
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- adverb In an
unreasonable manner. - adverb Of or relating to something that is unreasonable.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb not in a reasonable or intelligent manner
- adverb to a degree that exceeds the bounds or reason or moderation
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Examples
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Lengthening the term unreasonably, well past the author's death and perhaps for generations (as I have heard proposed), only creates resentment and backlash in the community that desires to appropriate for free.
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I think what most people view as conservatives holding on to the past unreasonably is their resistance to broad social changes, such as civil rights for blacks, marriage rights for different races and for gays, fighting reasonable environmental progress, and allowing women their full place in society.
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A husband cannot be called unreasonably dissatisfied whose wife tells him distinctly she is going to one place, and who sees her an hour after in company with the man he suspects at another.
M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." G.J. Whyte-Melville 1849
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GAO Findings The GAO said the Air Force "unreasonably" favored Northrop after the company refused to agree to help set up maintenance depots within two years of the first airplane delivery.
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Campbell's lawyers argued that Zimbabwe's Supreme Court had already delayed "unreasonably" in dealing with the matter forcing them to approach the regional court.
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Student tuition fee collections had become a critical resource issue in the higher education sector, and institutions had funded increases in the volumes of their activities by raising student tuition fees to "unreasonably" high levels.
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The FCC's ruling hinges on a portion of the cable act that prohibits local governments from "unreasonably" refusing to issue competitive franchises.
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Basson's bail proceedings was not admissible against him because the prosecution had acted "unreasonably" during the proceedings.
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The attorney-general has criticised Mr Blair for claiming in the Commons that war could be legal if a security council member "unreasonably" vetoed a second resolution.
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Security Council member ''unreasonably'' vetoed a further resolution.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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