unreasonable
Etymology

From Middle English unresonable; equivalent to un- + reason + -able.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ʌnˈɹiːz(ə)nəbl̩/
Adjective

unreasonable

  1. 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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act III, scene iii]:
      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!
  2. Not reasonable; going beyond what could be expected or asked for.
    Antonyms: reasonable
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC ↗, Acts 25:27 ↗:
      For it seemeth to me vnreasonable, to send a prisoner, and not withall to signifie the crimes laid against him.
    • 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, “Duty to Parents”, in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC ↗, page 358 ↗:
      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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