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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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unwise
English
Etymology
From Middle English unwis, from Old English unw?s (“unwise, foolish, ignorant, uninformed, insane”), equivalent to un- +? wise. Cognate with Dutch onwijs (“unwise”), German unweise (“unwise”), Danish uvis (“unwise”), Swedish ovis (“unwise”), Icelandic óvís (“unwise”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?wa?z/
- Rhymes: -a?z
Adjective
unwise (comparative unwiser, superlative unwisest)
- Not wise; lacking wisdom
- Synonyms: injudicious, indiscreet, foolish
Antonyms
- wise
Derived terms
- unwiseness
Translations
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