How to Use illogical in a Sentence

illogical

adjective
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  • It is illogical to think that things will change on their own.
  • Of all the years to move the calendar back to March for opening day, this turned out to be the most illogical.
    — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • That her placement of items in the fridge is illogical?
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Picking the Mavs to win 4 of 6 is illogical, then, right?
    — Dallas News, 1 May 2022
  • The two have long shared a vision: to bridge the illogical chasm between those who hunt to eat and those who merely love to eat.
    — Rachel Levin, Bon Appétit, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Keep your cool when the things that people do seem illogical.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 20 Feb. 2021
  • The plot is an illogical mess of action scenes and joke setups.
    — Joshua Rivera, GQ, 19 May 2018
  • As a result, more than a few cutscenes drag on and on with bizarre rants and BJ's own illogical responses to them.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The hearing showed that the case the San Francisco fintech was based on an illogical premise.
    — Roslyn Layton, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The episode's last few minutes were tense, if illogical.
    — Alex Berenson, Esquire, 18 Nov. 2012
  • Ramsey said it’s illogical to think that trunk or treat is safer than trick-or-treating.
    — al, 29 Oct. 2022
  • What’s even more illogical to me, the only reason there’s...
    — WSJ, 2 Jan. 2017
  • Many fans find this to be the most frustrating and illogical rule in football, and it should be tweaked or clarified.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2017
  • This narrative — which paints Nike as the villain and Mr. Avenatti as the hero — is false and illogical.
    — Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2020
  • These were the illogical conclusion of Bluetooth, Tony Hawk video games, and lots of money.
    — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 27 Dec. 2018
  • Teams know Randle is a fine passer, so providing him with a recipe on how to beat you seems illogical.
    — Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
  • But all of those quibbles are rooted in logic, and the Targa is, at its core, an illogical machine.
    — David Beard, Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2020
  • And everyone—at least those of us with illogical toddlers (in other words, toddlers)—is in it.
    — Nat Kendall-Taylor, Quartz, 6 Dec. 2019
  • An illogical onside kick try with more than 2 minutes to go.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 15 Jan. 2018
  • The bridesmaid will no doubt say that that was not her intention, but Miss Manners’ patience with the frankly illogical has, of late, been under strain.
    — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 17 July 2019
  • At the same time, many rules that do exist can seem illogical or overly burdensome.
    — Lillian Mongeau, USA TODAY, 28 June 2020
  • Following your heart may seem illogical, but today things are likely to work out for you.
    — oregonlive, 7 Mar. 2020
  • Handing out a pink slip simply for failing to topple James would have been illogical and unfair too.
    — Ben Golliver, SI.com, 11 May 2018
  • The cause of the Stanford loss in my opinion was the illogical and irrational and counter-productive attempt to make Brown a drop-back passer the first quarter and a half with Stanford.
    — oregonlive, 11 Oct. 2021
  • His speech was illogical and he was seen eating out of the toilet, playing with his feces, and pouring drinks over his head, according to the complaint.
    — Madeleine O'Neill, Baltimore Sun, 12 June 2024
  • The copy-paste approach produced an eclectic and illogical list.
    — The Economist, 3 Feb. 2018
  • If the voice bot gives illogical answers or doesn't understand the requests at all, discontent with the service will arise.
    — Alexey Aylarov, Forbes, 5 May 2021
  • Dunst has never tried so hard to be likable and come up short, taking the perkiness for which she was then known to its illogical extreme.
    — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
  • There's an odd twist in the Arkansas Razorbacks' nonconference results for the last couple of decades that is largely illogical.
    — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 7 Sep. 2024
  • An immediate first step is to stop the illogical closure of existing nuclear plants and press ahead with new ones of traditional design.
    — Armond Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2021

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