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Definition: Unreasonable |
UnreasonableAdjective1. Not reasonable; not showing good judgment. 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". 3. Absurd and inappropriate; "the unreasonable nimbus of romance with which she had encircled that man"- Thomas Hardy. 4. Beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands". 5. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unreasonable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: UnreasonableSynonyms: absurd (adj), cockamamie (adj), cockamamy (adj), excessive (adj), fool(a) (adj), goofy (adj), inordinate (adj), sappy (adj), silly (adj), undue (adj), wacky (adj), zany (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: reasonable (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Dearness | Unreasonable, extravagant, exorbitant, extortionate; overpriced, more than it's woth. |
Imbecility Folly | Foolish, unwise, injudicious, improper, unreasonable, without reason, ridiculous, absurd, idiotic, silly, stupid, asinine; ill-imagined, ill-advised, ill-judged, ill-devised; mal entendu; inconsistent, irrational, unphilosophical; extravagant; (nonsensical); sleeveless, idle; pointless, useless; inexpedient; frivolous; (trivial). |
Impossibility | Adjective: impossible; not possible; absurd, contrary to reason; unlikely; unreasonable; incredible; beyond the bounds of reason, beyond the bounds of possibility, beyond the realm of possibility; from which reason recoils; visionary; inconceivable; (improbable); prodigious; (wonderful); unimaginable, inimaginable; unthinkable. |
Misjudgment | Narrow-minded, narrow-souled; mean-spirited; confined, illiberal, intolerant, besotted, infatuated, fanatical, entete, positive, dogmatic, conceited; opinative, opiniative; opinioned, opinionate, opinionative, opinionated; self-opinioned, wedded to an opinion, opini_tre; bigoted; (obstinate); crotchety, fussy, impracticable; unreasonable, stupid; credulous; warped. |
Reasoning, | Unreasonable, illogical, false, unsound, invalid; unwarranted, not following; inconsequent, inconsequential; inconsistent; absonous, absonant; unscientific; untenable, inconclusive, incorrect; fallacious, fallible; groundless, unproved; non sequitur. |
Wrong | Objectionable; unreasonable, unallowable, unwarrantable, unjustifiable; improper, unfit; unjustified; illegal; iniquitous; immoral. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unreasonable |
| English words defined with "unreasonable": a bit much ♦ de trop ♦ fleece, fool's errand ♦ gazump ♦ hagridden, hook ♦ Lune ♦ Misraise ♦ overcharge ♦ Party spirit, pluck, plume, pride, profiteer ♦ Rank modus, rob ♦ soak, superbia, surcharge ♦ too much, tormented ♦ Unreasoned. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "unreasonable": Adverse Effects Data ♦ C Programmer's Disease, Conditional registration, custom of Lloyd's ♦ Daughter-in-law ♦ Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act ♦ Hazardous Materials ♦ Imminent Hazard, input-check routines ♦ Phobic Disorders ♦ Section 301, Special review, stale cheque, stale dated check, stale-dated check ♦ Toxic Substance, Toxic Substances Control Act, Trade Act of 1974 ♦ Unreasonable risk ♦ Welch-Satterthwaite t test. (references) |
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Screenplays | Well, she sounds very unreasonable. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) I'm not being unreasonable, I'm keeping my cool (Press Gang; writing credit: Steven Moffat) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Unreasonable Jealousy (1910) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Maximilien Robespierre | Is it to be thought unreasonable that the people, in atonement for wrongs of a century, demand the vengeance of a single day? |
Samuel Johnson | Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost, must always end in pain. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | To constrain men to any thing inconvenient cloth seem unreasonable. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Bill of Rights | 1795 | Amendment IV. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | She absolutely refused to allow me, which I then thought most unreasonable. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | But I can assure my readers that Walden has a reasonably tight bottom at a not unreasonable, though at an unusual, depth |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | It is unreasonable to assume that a person can completely eliminate activities that may result in tick exposure. (references) | |
Other social insecurities may result from the difficulty of hearing amidst background noise, and from unreasonable expectations of aural-only benefit on the part of implant users or their family and friends. (references) | ||
Appropriate assessment of the individual resident's needs (which does not place an unreasonable burden on staff and facilities) should be required before entry into all levels of care in the LTC system, whether publicly or privately financed. (references) | ||
Business | It is not unreasonable to suppose that, with some effort and investment in market development and continued after-sales quality service, this position of privilege will be maintained. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Gabon | Some leaders and members of opposition political parties allege that they encounter unreasonable delays in obtaining passports; some planning to attend political conventions or other events did not receive their passports until after the events were over. (references) |
Economic History | Taiwan | Taiwan bureaucrats tend to believe that the penalty for making no decision is always less than the penalty for making the wrong decision and this attitude can result in frustrating delays or unreasonable demands on the contractor as bureaucrats seek to take the safest course of action. (references) |
El Salvador | The 1983 constitution, drafted by the assembly, strengthened individual rights, established safeguards against excessive provisional detention and unreasonable searches, established a republican, pluralistic form of government, strengthened the legislative branch, and enhanced judicial independence. (references) | |
Human Rights | Ghana | In November 1999, an appeal for bail was filed on the defendant's behalf on the grounds of unreasonable delay in going to trial. (references) |
Italy | In 2000 the Court levied approximately $10 million (20 billion lire) in fines citing unreasonable time periods for adjudicating cases. (references) | |
Tunisia | Human rights activists allege that these requirements often are unreasonable and prevent former prisoners from being able to hold a job. (references) | |
Travel | Spain | If the rate appears unreasonable, request a receipt (un recibo). (references) |
Worker Rights | Cape Verde | In its 2000 report, the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA) noted that the Government amended legislation in 1999 so that organizations of workers may enjoy the right to peaceful demonstration without unreasonable restrictions, in particular with regard to time. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | The demand in the present instance would be the more unreasonable in consideration of the great inequality existing in the trade with the parent country. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | Removing the burden of expense and jealousy, which must always accrue from a keen rivalry, is one of the most effective methods of diminishing that unreasonable hysteria and misunderstanding which are the most potent means of fomenting war. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | I hope we can all agree that public service should never impose an unreasonable financial sacrifice on able men and women who want to serve their country. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Many jobs are lost in America because government imposes unreasonable regulations, and many jobs are lost because the lawsuit culture of this country imposes unreasonable costs. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Unreasonable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.70% of the time. "Unreasonable" is used about 992 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.7% | 989 | 7,422 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.2% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.1% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 992 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "unreasonable": an unreasonable length of time ♦ at this unreasonable hour ♦ be unreasonable about smth. ♦ unreasonable demand ♦ unreasonable demands ♦ unreasonable man ♦ unreasonable message ♦ unreasonable person. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
search seizure unreasonable | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unreasonable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | tepër i lartë, i tepruar (de trop, dispensable, disproportionate, exaggerated, excess, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, fabulous, far gone, fulsome, heavy, immoderate, inordinate, lavish, over, profuse, redundant, undue), i paarsyeshëm (arbitrary, daft, desperate, devil may care, gratuitous, headstrong, irrational, preposterous, unconscionable, wanton). (various references) | |
Arabic | مفرط (exaggerated, excess, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, frightful, immoderate, intemperate, intolerable, overabundant, overmuch, overweening, super, superabundant, superfluous, superlative, too much, unconscionable, undue, unqualified, unrestrained), غير معقول (out of the question, paradoxical, pointless, preposterous, unbelievable, unconscionable, unimaginable), غير عقلاني. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | твърде висок (prohibitive), неразумен (extravagant, impolitic, indiscreet, injudicious, insensate, irrational, reasonless, senseless, thoughtless, unreasoning, unreflecting, unwise), неприемлив (implausible, ineligible, unacceptable, unconvincing, unfeasible), безразсъден (daredevil, desperate, devil may care, injudicious, irrational, rash, reasonless, reckless, temerarious, unreasoning). (various references) | |
Chinese | 盭 (violent), 無理 (irrational), 不近人情 (not amenable to reason), 不像話 (outrageous, shocking), 不合理 , 不合情理. (various references) | |
Czech | pošetilý (airy fairy, cock eyed, crackpot, fatuous, fond, foolish, gowk, naïve, preposterous, silly), přemrštìný (camp, exorbitant, extravagant, fancy, glowing, gushing, hysterical, immoderate, steep, stiff), nesmyslný (absurd, mindful, nonsensical, pointless, preposterous, senseless), nerozumný (foolish, impractical, reasonless, unsound, unwise), bezdùvodný (baseless, causeless, gratuitous, groundless, unfounded, ungrounded). (various references) | |
Danish | udgøre nogen uforholsmæssig trussel om skade på havmiljøet (there being an unreasonable threat of harm to the marine environment), irrationel meddelelse (unreasonable message). (various references) | |
Dutch | zinloos bericht (unreasonable message), onverbiddelijkheid (unreasonable severity), onredelijke strengheid (unreasonable severity), onredelijke gestrengheid (unreasonable severity), onbillijke strengheid (unreasonable severity), onbillijke gestrengheid (unreasonable severity), een onredelijk groot gevaar voor het marien milieu vormen (there being an unreasonable threat of harm to the marine environment). (various references) | |
Farsi | نامعقول (Absurd, Irrational, Preposterous, Untimely), ناحق (Unjustifiable), ناحساب , نابخرد (Brassy), زورگو (Incubus), بیخرد, بی دلیل (Uncaused). (various references) | |
Finnish | yletön (excessive, extravagant, immoderate), kohtuuton (excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, immoderate, unfair), kohtuuhinta (excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, immoderate, unfair), järjetön (absurd, irrational, nonsensical, senseless), järjenvastainen. (various references) | |
French | excessif (unconscionable, undue), déraisonnable (unconscionable). (various references) | |
German | unvernünftig (irrational, irrationally, senseless, senselessly, stupid, unreasonably, unreasoning, unsound). (various references) | |
Greek | παράλογοσ (absonant, absurd, illogical, irrational, preposterous, reasonless, senseless, unconscionable). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לא סביר (implausible, improbable), בלתי מתקבל על ""עת (paradoxical). (various references) | |
Hungarian | esztelen (beyond reason, brainless, foolish, insensate, mindless, preposterous, to be out of one's skull), ésszerûtlen, ésszerűtlen (inconsequent, inconsequential). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tak masuk akal, rewel (fret, hard to please, persnickety), keterlaluan (excessive, execrable, far too much). (various references) | |
Italian | irragionevole (brute, irrational, mindless, unreasoning). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 無理 (impossible), 並外れ (abnormal, extraordinary, far above the average, out of the common), 不合理 (absurd, inconsistent, irrational), 不理 (irrational), 以ての外 (absurd), 以ての外 (absurd), 乱暴 (lawless, reckless, rough, rude, violent), 横様 (sideways, wickedness), 滅茶滅茶 (absurd, excessive, rash), 滅茶苦茶 (absurd, excessive, messed up, spoiled, wreaked), 並み外れ (abnormal, extraordinary, far above the average, out of the common), 無理 (impossible, overdoing), 非理 (illogical), 無" (wicked), 無茶 (absurd, absurdity, excessive, nonsense, rash), 無茶苦茶 (confused, jumbled, mixed up), 目茶目茶 (absurd, excessive, rash), 目茶苦茶 (absurd, excessive, messed up, spoiled, wreaked), 箆' (absurd, awful), 理不尽 (irrational), "轍もない (absurd, extravagant, preposterous, unbelievable), "轍も無い (absurd, extravagant, preposterous, unbelievable), 過大 (excessive, too much), 篦' (awful). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | めちゃめちゃ (absurd, excessive, rash), よ"さま (sideways, wickedness), よ"ざま (sideways, wickedness), もってのほか (absurd), ら"ぼう (lawless, reckless, rough, rude, violent), むちゃ (absurd, absurdity, excessive, nonsense, rash), むちゃくちゃ (confused, jumbled, mixed up), とてつもない (absurd, extravagant, preposterous, unbelievable), むどう (wicked), なみはずれ (abnormal, extraordinary, far above the average, out of the common), めちゃくちゃ (absurd, excessive, messed up, spoiled, wreaked), りふじ" (irrational), か い (a tentative title, abutment, excessive, frame, name of poem, stand, stand for flower vase, subject, task, theme, too much), ふり (appearance, disadvantage, drawback, handicap, inseparability, irrational, pretence, rainfall, show, snowfall, unfavorable), ふ"うり (absurd, inconsistent, irrational), べらぼう (absurd, awful), ひり (illogical), むり (impossible, overdoing). (various references) | |
Korean | 무리한. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | easonableunray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sem razão (causeless, uncaused, unfounded), irracional (beyond reason, irrational, out of reason, preposterous, surd, unthinking), imoderado (immoderate, incontinent, inordinate, intemperate, lawless, licentious, riotous, unmeasured, unreserved), exorbitante (cammed, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, racking, steep, unconscionable), despropositado (unfortunate), desarrazoado. (various references) | |
Romanian | nerezonabil (illogical), neraţional (irrational, recondite), nechibzuit (brainless, desperate, impolitic, incautious, inconsiderate, reckless, temerarious, thoughtless, unadvised, unthinking, unwise), iraţional (absurd, absurdly, irrational), extravagant (cracked, crazy, eccentric, exaggerated, extravagant, fancy, lunatic, rampant, wanton, wildcat), exorbitant (excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant), excesiv (enormous, exceeding, exceedingly, excessive, excessively, exorbitant, extreme, intemperate, out, outrageous, plethoric, redundant, redundantly, thick, to excess, undue, unduly), absurd (absurd, absurdity, absurdly, Dotty, fabulous, foolish, impossible, inept, irrational, ludicrous, mad, mindless, nonsensical, piffling, preposterous, recondite, ridiculous, silly, stupid, temerarious). (various references) | |
Russian | безрассудный (blind, daft, dare devil, desperate, foolhardy, foolish, harebrained, hellbent, rash, reckless, swashbuckling, temerarious). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nerazuman (senseless, unreasoned), neracionalan. (various references) | |
Spanish | irrazonable (unconscionable). (various references) | |
Swedish | oresonlig, oförnuftig (ill-advised, ill-judged, senseless, unreasoning). (various references) | |
Turkish | saçma (absurd, applesauce, balls, baloney, blind, boloney, bunk, bunkum, chimerical, claptrap, cockeyed, dissemination, eradiation, fantastic, fantastical, farcical, fatuous, fiddle, fiddle-de-dee, fiddlesticks, foolish, for the birds, froth, frothy, fudge, go on, hog-wash, hooey, impertinent, inane, incongruous, inept, irrational, jabber wocky, kibosh, laugh, malarkey, nonsense, nonsensical, outlandish, paltry, pointless, poppycock, raving, rhubarb, rot, scattering, senseless, shot, shucks, skittles, small shot, smearcase, sorry, spinach, stuff, tommyrot, tosh, trash, trifling, tripe, trivial, trumpery, wacky, waffle, whacky), mantıksız (absurd, illegitimate, illogical, implausible, impractical, inadvisable, inconsequent, inconsequential, injudicious, insensate, irrational, opaque, preposterous, senseless, unconscientious, unconscionable, unreasoning, wacky), makul olmayan (implausible, unwise), lâf anlamaz, fahiş (excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, fancy, out of sight, prohibitive, prohibitory, steep, stiff, unconscientious), anlamsız (absurd, barren, blank, dead pan, empty, expressionless, for the birds, frivolous, grotesque, inane, incoherent, inept, inexpressive, insane, insignificant, meaningless, nonsense, nonsensical, of no significance, pointless, purposeless, ridiculous, senseless, sodden, unmeaning, vacuous, vain, yeasty), akıl almaz (imagination boggles at the thought, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, numinous, preposterous, unbelievable, unreasoning), abes (abortive, absurd, fruitless, futile, meaningless, nonsense, nugatory, trivial, unfit, unsuitable, useless, vain), aşırı (acute, beastly, beyond, breakneck, camp, confoundedly, cruelly, crusted, damned, dead, deep, desperate, desperately, devilish, disproportionate, every other day, exaggerated, exceeding, excessive, excessively, exorbitant, exquisite, extortionate, extravagant, extreme, extremely, fancy, ferocious, filthy, fond, fulsome, hard, heavy, hell, hell of, high, horrendous, horrific, hyper-, immoderate, inordinate, intense, intensive, like hell, like sin, outrageous, over, overweening, precious, shocking, splitting, steep, super, terribly, thick, ultra, unbounded, unco, unconscionable, undue, unmeasured, violent). (various references) | |
Turkmen | sebдpsiz. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | нерозсудливий (bullheaded, fond, fool, imprudent, inconsiderate, indiscreet, injudicious, precipitate, reckless, unadvised, unwise), нерозумний (brute, crack-brained, footling, ill-judged, impolitic, insensate, silly, wacky, witless), надмірний (exceeding, excessive, exorbitant, fulsome, immoderate, outrageous, over, overabundant, overdue, plethoric, prodigal, profuse, racking, steep, superabundant, undue, unlimited). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vô lý không biết điều; không phi chăng; quá, quá chừng (blooming, consummate, dreadfully, rank, thumping, undue, unduly). (various references) | |
Welsh | afresymol (absurd). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 25, Verse 27 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Alogon gar moi dokei pemponta desmion mh kai taV kat autou aitiaV shmanai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sine ratione enim mihi videtur mittere vinctum et causas eius non significare |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For it is seyn to me with out resoun, to sende a boundun man, and not to signifie the cause of hym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For me thynketh it vnreasonable for to sende a presoner and not to shewe the causes which are layde agaynst him. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not also to signify the crimes laid against him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For it seems to me against reason to send a prisoner without making clear what there is against him. |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 25, Verse 27 |
| Albanian | Sepse më duket e paarsyeshme të dërgosh një të burgosur pa treguar akuzat kundër tij''. |
| Cebuano | Kay alang kanako daw dili makatarunganon ang pagpadalag binilanggo nga wala lamay pagpaila sa mga sumbong batok kaniya." |
| Chinese | " 我 看 來 、 解 送 囚 犯 、 不 指 明 他 的 罪 案 、 是 不 合 理 的 。 |
| Croatian | Èini mi se doista besmislenim poslati uznika, a ne naznaèiti optužbu protiv njega." |
| Danish | Thi det synes mig urimeligt at sende en Fange uden også at angive Beskyldningerne imod ham." |
| Dutch | Want het dunkt mij tegen rede, een gevangene te zenden, en niet ook de beschuldigingen, die tegen hem zijn, te kennen te geven. |
| Finnish | Sillä mielettömältä näyttää minusta lähettää vanki, antamatta samalla tietää häntä vastaan tehtyjä syytöksiä." |
| French | Car il me semble absurde d`envoyer un prisonnier sans indiquer de quoi on l`accuse. |
| German | Denn es dünkt mich ein ungeschicktes Ding zu sein, einen Gefangenen schicken und keine Ursachen wider ihn anzuzeigen. |
| Haitian Creole | Pou mwen menm, sa pa gen sans pou espedye yon prizonye konsa san ou pa di egzakteman kisa li fè. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sebab menurut perasaan saya, tidaklah pada tempatnya mengirim seorang tahanan dengan tidak menyatakan kesalahan-kesalahan yang dituduhkan kepadanya." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena pada sangka patik, tiada semenggah menyuruhkan orang tahanan dengan tiada menyatakan juga tuduhan itu ke atasnya." |
| Italian | Mi sembra assurdo infatti mandare un prigioniero, senza indicare le accuse che si muovono contro di lui». |
| Maori | Ki taku hoki he mea he kia unga atu he herehere, a kia kaua hoki e korerotia te mea i whakawakia ai ia. |
| Norwegian | For det tykkes mig meningsløst, når jeg sender en fange, da ikke å gi oplysning om klagene mot ham. |
| Portuguese | Porque não me parece razoável enviar um preso, e não notificar as acusações que há contra ele. |
| Rumanian | Cqci mi se pare fqrq noimq sq trimet pe un kntemniyat, fqrq sq arqt de ce este pkrkt.`` |
| Shuar | Warí wisha, ni yajauch Túramurin aattsuk, uunt akupniunam akupkashtiniaitjai" Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | Porque me parece cosa no razonable enviar un preso sin indicar también las acusaciones contra él. |
| Swahili | Kwa maana nadhani itakuwa kichekesho kumpeleka mfungwa bila kutaja wazi mashtaka yanayomkabili." |
| Swedish | Ty det synes mig vara orimligt att sända åstad en fånge, utan att på samma gång giva till känna vad han är anklagad för." |
| Uma | Apa' ku'uli', uma-hawo ohea-na mpopakatu tauna hilou hi pobotuhia Kaisar ane uma rapakanoto sala' to rapakilu-ki." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "unreasonable": unreasonableness, unreasonablenesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unreasonable" (pronounced unrē"znubul) |
| 5 | -n u b u l | indefinable, abominable, actionable, amenable, attainable, burnable, cannibal, Combinable, definable, determinable, discernible, explainable, fashionable, fissionable, imaginable, impregnable, impressionable, inalienable, sustainable, tenable, interminable, objectionable, obtainable, personable, questionable, reasonable, returnable, seasonable, trainable, tunable, unalienable, unattainable, unconscionable, unexplainable, unfashionable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unmentionable, unobtainable, unquestionable, unsustainable, untenable, unwinnable, winnable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, acceptable, accessible, accountable, achievable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, callable, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, collapsible, collectible, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, culpable, curable, debatable, deductible, defensible, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, developable, digestible, disagreeable, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, illegible, imitable, immiscible, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, soluble, solvable, spendable, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, syllable, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, terrible, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interruptible, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, notable, noticeable, observable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, punishable, quotable, reachable, readable, realizable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, typeable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmistakable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unreachable, unreadable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unworkable, usable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, workable. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-e-l-n-n-o-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: nonreusable. | |
-2 letters: reasonable. | |
-3 letters: aleurones, anaerobes, annealers, bannerols, ennoblers, nonarable. | |
-4 letters: abalones, aleurone, aleurons, anaerobe, annealer, annulose, aureolae, aureolas, aureoles, bannerol, baronnes, bluenose, earlobes, enablers, ennobler, ennobles, erasable, nebulose, neuronal, neurones, neurosal, reusable, rubeolas, seaborne, unlearns, unreason. | |
-5 letters: abalone, aeneous, aerobes, aleuron, anneals, annuals, annular, anurans, arables, arenose, arenous, areolae, areolas, areoles, arousal, arsenal, aureola. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-e-l-n-n-o-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: nonmeasurable. | |
+3 letters: counterbalances, unfavorableness. | |
+4 letters: unreasonableness. | |
+5 letters: unfavorablenesses. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Historic 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Bible Trace 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Bibliography |
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