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unreasonable

[uhn-ree-zuh-nuh-buhl, -reez-nuh-] / ʌnˈri zə nə bəl, -ˈriz nə- /




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Lord Justice Popplewell, sitting with Mr Justice Hilliard, ruled on Wednesday that the EA only being able to prosecute environmental offences would "produce unreasonable and anomalous results".

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Your instinct that you’ll never be in a meaningfully lower tax bracket isn’t an unreasonable one, given your good fortune.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

They do this by employing the tried-and-true tactics of the insurance industry of unjustifiable bureaucratic decisions, superpowered by artificial intelligence: prior authorizations, unnecessary delays, claim denials, unreasonable reimbursements.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

It’s blended with an almost unreasonable amount of lemon zest and juice before coating every ridge of cavatappi.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

If a star could collapse to such a small size, it is not unreasonable to expect that other stars could collapse to even smaller size and become black holes.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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