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English
Etymology
From Middle English unresonable; equivalent to un- + reason + -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʌnˈɹiːz(ə)nəbl̩/
- Hyphenation: un‧rea‧son‧a‧ble
Adjective
unreasonable (comparative more unreasonable, superlative most unreasonable)
- Without the ability to reason; unreasoning.
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 Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :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!
- Not reasonable; going beyond what could be expected or asked for.
- Antonym: reasonable
1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, chapter 11, in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, 1st American edition, Boston, Mass.: Peter Edes for Thomas and Andrews, , published 1792, →OCLC: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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