The fact that the virus is still alive has sustained many safety concerns, both rational and irrational, about its use.
To a certain degree, there is an irrational sense of betrayal.
But with no sign of an epidemic in the U.S. it seems, at the very least, irrational.
One of the reasons the Vikings are viewed so negatively is that their violence could seem wanton or irrational.
I must confess to a fugitive and irrational wish that he might find some small mercies there.
I haven't been irrational, I give you my word, not once since I came here.
This reply seemed to arouse an irrational anger in the Briton.
If men cannot have a rational belief, they will have an irrational.
Pride was irrational, and so was the greater part of human misery.
In spite of his fine manner and bearing, his every word had been irrational.
late 15c., "not endowed with reason" (of beats, etc.); earlier (of quantities) "inexpressible in ordinary numbers" (late 14c.); from Latin irrationalis "without reason," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + rationalis "reason" (see rational). Meaning "illogical, absurd" is attested from 1640s. Related: Irrationally.
irrational ir·ra·tion·al (ĭ-rāsh'ə-nəl)
adj.
Not rational; marked by a lack of accord with reason or sound judgment.
