unreasonable behaviour
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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They are unreasonable behaviour, desertion, separation for two years if both parties agree to end it, and separation for five years if one disagrees.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2021
People will no longer have to cite adultery, unreasonable behaviour or desertion as a reason - just that the marriage has broken down irretrievably.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2021
Mr Leakey, who was responsible for keeping order in the House of Lords, told BBC Newsnight in 2018 that he had seen "bullying and unreasonable" behaviour.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2020
Under current rules, one spouse has to claim the other is guilty of adultery, unreasonable behaviour or desertion.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2019
This unreasonable behaviour of the weather, however, could displease no one else in Hayslope besides Mr. Craig.
From Adam Bede by Eliot, George
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