irrationally
in a way that is contrary to reason or is not sensible; illogically: In firing a highly competent CEO without cause, the Board acted unlawfully, unreasonably, and irrationally.Stick to your simple calculation and logic, even when markets are behaving irrationally.
in a way that is driven by impulse or instinct rather than reason; without having or being able to use the faculty of reason: When a reporter started poking around, the suspect began acting irrationally and took off like a wild animal.
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- non·ir·ra·tion·al·ly, adverb
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How to use irrationally in a sentence
“None of the status conference orders or decisions on motions were found to be irrational,” said Lucian Chalfen, a spokesman for the Office of Court Administration.
New York Court Officials Complete Rare Review of Cases Handled by Judge Forced Into Retirement by Dementia | by Joe Sexton | November 20, 2020 | ProPublicaRepublicans are not irrational for spending down their electoral advantage on more temperamentally extreme candidates and ideologically pure policies.
The crisis isn’t too much polarization. It’s too little democracy. | Ezra Klein | November 12, 2020 | VoxThe entire GOP strategy for the Georgia Senate elections apparently centers on a belief that Georgia voters are irrational and will rise up in fury because they think they have been wronged — again — by conniving Democrats.
The elites who think MAGA voters are rubes: Republicans | Jennifer Rubin | November 11, 2020 | Washington PostThere’s a reason some marketers refer to this quirk of the industry as “irrational budget dumping.”
‘Great position to steal share’: As use-it-or-lose-it ad spending picks up, TikTok emerges as an unlikely beneficiary | Seb Joseph | October 28, 2020 | DigidayMathematicians usually solve this problem by arranging the rationals in a line and filling the gaps with irrational numbers to create a complete number system that we call the real numbers.
An Infinite Universe of Number Systems | Kelsey Houston-Edwards | October 19, 2020 | Quanta Magazine
According to her personal blog, “irrationally Optimistic,” Zhang is a mother of two, living in a “double professional household.”
Yahoo’s Accused Sexual Harasser Asked Women to Wear More Skirts at Work | Olivia Nuzzi | July 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe predominant school of thought holds that the markets are irrationally acting—and crashing—in response to the news.
Let’s All Please Stop Overreacting to Bernanke’s Remarks | Daniel Gross | June 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe latest incident will give new life to the gossip that Trierweiler is irrationally jealous of Royal.
France’s Valerie Trierweiler Tweets Against Segolene Royal | Tracy McNicoll | June 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt would be better to spend rationally now than irrationally in the heat of an election year.
It diminishes what they add to society, irrationally elevating their private lives in ways that do a disservice to them and to us.
The minds of many quite honest men resisted the new knowledge instinctively and irrationally.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsBut the job would take hours, and he was irrationally convinced that Jill had been left behind in the construction camp.
Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald JenkinsHe did not know why he was so irrationally happy, for nothing was changed in his life or hers.
Ethan Frome | Edith WhartonThe elemental mother in her battled on the side of her only son—foolishly, irrationally, unkindly.
Simon the Jester | William J. LockeThey testified that he not only drank himself to death, but that he acted irrationally and was clean out of his mind.
John Marsh's Millions | Charles Klein
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