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
John says at first the changes were attributed to the menopause, but in March 2023 he noticed his wife had become more irrational and did not react as expected when she had a car crash.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
“It was still irrational, of course. You should have waited for me, you should have told me.”
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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