reasonless
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8.6
- adjective
- /ˈrizənləs/
- She felt reasonless anger toward him, not knowing why she was upset.
Examples
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The argument was utterly reasonless, lacking any logical support or evidence.
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Moral value came from valueless matter? And 'reasoning' came about from a reasonless universe?
Blog text (11) -
I'm not having you aiming tolchocks at me reasonless.
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There was a family, he believed, who would want Flour Boy back, and so, with the flashlight tight in one hand, he lifted the boy, staggered beneath the weight of a man whose nickname, however reasonless, seemed enough of a reason to bear him back.
Fiction book (1994) -
For a consequentialist to adhere to a rule in the face of a consequentialist calculation showing that on this occasion more good would come from not following the rule amounts to inexplicable, reasonless, and arbitrary "rule-worship." (n40)
Academic text (2005) -
His actions seemed reasonless, as there was no clear justification for what he did.
Synonyms
66
4.2
Foolish and having no clear reason
57
4.1
Not thinking or paying attention before acting
1
7.5
Not based on careful thinking or facts
1
8.3
Happening or felt without any clear reason
1
6.8
In a random way with no clear reason
1
8.2
Happening for no clear reason
Antonyms
How Reasonable
677
2.7
347
3.8
162
3.9
131
3.0
160
4.4
1
8.6
284
4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reasonless is made from reason and the ending -less, where reason means 'thinking or logic' and -less means 'without'. Think of words like hopeless or fearless to remember that -less takes something away. So, reasonless means 'without reason' — doing something with no good reason.