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irrational

[ih-rash-uh-nl, -rash-nl] / ɪˈræʃ ə nl, -ˈræʃ nl /


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Macgregor had never known her old friend to be irrational.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

“The current ‘flash-sale wars’ are typical competition under demand-side economies of scale but have escalated into irrational capital burn,” said Chen Tianhao, an associate professor at Tsinghua University.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

“I think that irrational exuberance that we saw in the dot com era … is just window dressing to cloak what, to me, is normalizing an addictive behavior in our society,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

She did some moves that were pretty irrational, and she would have times where she would act on impulse, and it became more and more unstable and unsafe.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

I know I’m being unreasonable and irrational and probably lots of other things I shouldn’t be.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon




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