as in illogical
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Recent Examples of nonlogical
But because most biological creativity, as subsequent scientific research has shown, involves data-free and nonlogical processes, divergent thinking is far more conservative in its outcomes than human imagination.
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Wired, 25 Jan. 2022
Wired, 25 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonlogical
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In arguments that frequently ridiculed the government’s case as weak and illogical, Cotter emphasized that there is a hard line between lobbying and bribery.—
Ray Long,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Jan. 2025
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Second, this rationale for regulation proved to be illogical and fatuous as conceded by U.S. Courts and the Federal Communications Commission in the decades since.—
Carine Harb,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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Instead, try to ground yourself in the present and challenge irrational fears with evidence and logic.—
Amy Blankson,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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After all, mathematicians have long known that most numbers are irrational.—
Erica Klarreich,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In response to Kelley calling the union demands unreasonable, Lacey said the president's comments were insulting.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
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The share of frisks and fuller searches complying with the ruling — and the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures — were lower than the stop numbers.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In a statement, the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus called Trump’s policy discriminatory and unwarranted.—
Andrew Sheeler,
Sacramento Bee,
29 Jan. 2025
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That fanned fears that the huge investments into AI by U.S. firms are unwarranted.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2025
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But the president-elect has insisted that the accusations were politically motivated and legally unsound.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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The Russian military continues to make unsound decisions.—
Andriy Zagorodnyuk,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Oct. 2022
Adjective
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Critics argue that the process, which involves replacing breathable air with pure nitrogen, may cause unnecessary suffering.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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In the absence of the local paper, will the void be filled by the unregulated cesspool of social media where facts and truth are often unnecessary baggage?—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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Nonetheless, unfounded characterizations of transgender people as terrorists, groomers or mentally unwell have accelerated in recent years, as have state and federal policies aimed at restricting trans rights.—
Odette Yousef,
NPR,
6 Feb. 2025
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Kennedy, whose confirmation hearings began Wednesday, could instead be sunk by his controversial opposition to vaccines and other long-standing public health interventions, like water fluoridation, and unfounded claims about COVID-19.—
Amina Brown,
ABC News,
3 Feb. 2025
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What Trump is doing to its workers is unconscionable.—
Eva Koelzer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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The lack of empathy, the lack of decorum — using profanity at a press conference — and to politicize a tragedy is really unconscionable.—
Curtis Bunn,
NBC News,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Nonlogical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonlogical. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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