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Adjective
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Added to the chaos is the underlying rudimentary calculation of tariff levels that have produced wildly uneven and irrational effects on trading partners with no readily discernible policy value.—
Jerrold Lundquist,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025 -
The characters are believably upset and irrational for much of the play.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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When the world is falling apart, all the illogical perceptions fall away, leaving only what matters standing, and that which matters is no longer veiled by those perceptions.—
Cathrine Todd,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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That such sentimentality can come across in a story as disturbing as Mickey’s may sound illogical.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Lawyers who argued for his ouster on behalf of the National Assembly said the claims by Mr. Yoon were fallacious.—
Choe Sang-Hun,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2025
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However, not all slippery slope arguments are fallacious.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The words were harsh but the logic was not unreasonable.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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This would not be an unreasonable proposition, considering the U.S. already pledged a security guarantee to Ukraine upon its return of all nuclear warheads to Russia by 1996, based on the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances.—
Seung-Whan Choi,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Twist in The Woman in the Yard Is a New Low for Trauma Horror Horror that’s really about trauma is now the norm, but there’s something particularly thoughtless about this film’s treatment of mental health.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2025
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Nor, Miss Manners uncharacteristically assures you, is making thoughtless strangers feel better.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Too many young people are making idiotic short-term financial decisions that hamper long-term success.—
Chandler Dean,
The New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2023
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Beyond the Lungs Two other cardiac cases impressed me — and blew away the idiotic notion that young people are immune to COVID-19.—
Tony Dajer,
Discover Magazine,
30 July 2020
Adjective
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Monster Hunter Wilds, released in February of this year, is another example of a series that changed its arcade-y spirit for a more photo mode-worthy presentation, while streamlining the obtuse friction that the original games were known for.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
22 Mar. 2025
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There would be no obtuse angles; the idea was to maintain a feeling of innocence, like that of a child opening a toy for the first time.—
Stephania Taladrid,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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One wall in 18-20 Trinity St. — originally built for an insurance company — is structurally unsound.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2025
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Constructed in the 1950s with additions from the 1970s, the building was determined to have a structurally unsound central pillar — which the authorities believe to be the cause of the collapse, the Associated Press reported.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Surd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surd. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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