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irrational
English
Etymology
From Latin irrati?n?lis, from ir- + rati?n?lis.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?r?'sh(?)n?l, IPA(key): /???æ?.(?.)n?l/
Adjective
irrational (comparative more irrational, superlative most irrational)
- Not rational; unfounded or nonsensical.
- July 18, 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[1]
- Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup.
- July 18, 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[1]
- (mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.
- Antonym: rational
- Hyponym: transcendental
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
irrational (plural irrationals)
- A real number that can not be expressed as the quotient of two integers, an irrational number.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.24:
- The square root of 2, which was the first irrational to be discovered, was known to the early Pythagoreans, and ingenious methods of approximating to its value were discovered.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.24:
Translations
German
Alternative forms
- irrationell
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???at?si?ona?l/, /??at?si?o?na?l/
Adjective
irrational (comparative irrationaler, superlative am irrationalsten)
- irrational
Declension
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imprudent
English
Etymology
From Middle French imprudent, from Latin impr?dens (“not foreseeing, ignorant”), prefix im- (“not”) + pr?dens (“foreseeing, skilled, judicious”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?p?ud?nt/
Adjective
imprudent (comparative more imprudent, superlative most imprudent)
- Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper.
- Synonyms: indiscreet, injudicious, incautious, ill-advised, unwise, heedless, careless, rash, negligent
- Antonym: prudent
- 1711, John Strype, The Life and Acts of Matthew Parker, volume 1.
- Here Her Majesty took a great dislike at the imprudent behavior of many of the Ministers and Readers.
Derived terms
- imprudently
Related terms
- imprudence
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin impr?dens.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /im.p?u?dent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /im.p?u?den/
Adjective
imprudent (masculine and feminine plural imprudents)
- imprudent, unwise
- Antonym: prudent
Derived terms
- imprudentment
Related terms
- imprudència
Further reading
- “imprudent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “imprudent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “imprudent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “imprudent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Latin impr?dens.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.p?y.d??/
Adjective
imprudent (feminine singular imprudente, masculine plural imprudents, feminine plural imprudentes)
- imprudent, rash
- Antonym: prudent
Derived terms
- imprudemment
Related terms
- imprudence
Further reading
- “imprudent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French imprudent
Adjective
imprudent m or n (feminine singular imprudent?, masculine plural impruden?i, feminine and neuter plural imprudente)
- imprudent
Declension
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