2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Unreasonable \Un*rea"son*a*ble\, a.
Not reasonable; irrational; immoderate; exorbitant. --
{Un*rea"son*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un*rea"son*a*bly}, adv
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
unreasonable
adj 1: not reasonable; not showing good judgment [ant: {reasonable}]
2: (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not
going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky
plan for selling more books" [syn: {cockamamie}, {cockamamy},
{fool(a)}, {goofy}, {sappy}, {silly}, {wacky}, {zany}]
3: absurd and inappropriate; "the unreasonable nimbus of
romance with which she had encircled that man"- Thomas
Hardy
4: not based on reason on evidence; "blind hatred";
"unreasonable expectations" [syn: {blind}, {unreasoning}]
5: beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of
inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue
elegance"; "unreasonable demands" [syn: {excessive}, {inordinate},
{undue}]
6: inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense "the
absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is
highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman
[syn: {absurd}, {incongruous}]
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