irrational
Example Sentences
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Macgregor had never known her old friend to be irrational.
From The Wall Street Journal • 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
Quantum mania has become a staple of the tech sector, dismissed by some as irrational exuberance.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
It was a wildly irrational, completely uninformed idea, but the fear it produced was complete enough.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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