Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Contradicting or disregarding the principles of logic.
- adjective Without logic; senseless.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Ignorant or negligent of the rules of logic or sound reasoning: as, an illogical disputant.
- Contrary to the rules of logic or sound reasoning: as, an illogical inference.
- Synonyms Inconclusive, inconsequent, unsound, fallacious, sophistical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Ignorant or negligent of the rules of logic or correct reasoning; ; contrary of the rules of logic or sound reasoning.
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- adjective Contrary to
logic ; lackingsense or soundreasoning .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking orderly continuity
- adjective lacking in correct logical relation
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Examples
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The report also cited what it described as illogical actions by the crew.
Probe Cites Pilot Errors in 2010 Ethiopian Airlines Crash Andy Pasztor 2012
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The president's mentor, Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi, said Ahmadinejad is increasingly turning friends into enemies and demonstrating what he called "illogical and cheap" behavior.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Being able to separate the illogical from the logical, recognizing cause and effect and threading information together is the most important thing a school can teach a student.
Teri Szucs: The American Baccalaureate, Creating Inquiring Minds Teri Szucs 2010
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Dear St. Thomas, how sad that someone so illogical is masquerading as you.
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An application that appears cluttered or illogical is harder to understand and use.
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He notes, however, that this provision although illogical, is “unimportant in its practical effects.”
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"If the murderer is not Vulcan, however, his day-today actions may be what we would term illogical—and if you have been questioning Vulcans about him, what to a member of his race might appear out of the ordinary could seem to us not unexpected of an outworlder."
The Vulcan Academy Murders Jean Lorrah 2000
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Teddy Roosevelt endorsed an effort to remove spellings that many Americans perceived to be cumbersome and illogical from the English language as used in America.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] AndrewLonderry 2009
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Teddy Roosevelt endorsed an effort to remove spellings that many Americans perceived to be cumbersome and illogical from the English language as used in America.
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President [[Teddy Roosevelt]] endorsed an effort to remove spellings that many Americans perceived to be cumbersome and illogical from the English language as used in America.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] AndrewLonderry 2009
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