Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for UN-REA'SON-A-BLE
UN-REA'SONUN-REA'SON-A-BLE-NESS
UN-REA'SON-A-BLE, a. [s as z.]
- Not agreeable to reason. Hooker.
- Exceeding the bounds of reason; claiming or insisting on more than is fit; as, an unreasonable demand.
- Immoderate; exorbitant; as, an unreasonable love of life or of money.
- Irrational. [In this sense, see Irrational.]
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