reasonless
Americanadjective
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not having any reason or sense.
an utterly reasonless display of anger.
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not having a natural capacity for reason.
Other Word Forms
- reasonlessly adverb
- reasonlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of reasonless
First recorded in 1350–1400, reasonless is from the Middle English word resonles. See reason, -less
Example Sentences
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In a bizarre, almost reasonless unsigned decision, the majority even made clear the case had no value as precedent.
From Slate • Nov. 21, 2016
People often assume that science is the realm of certainty and verifiability, while religion is the place of reasonless belief.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2016
Then suddenly like a reasonless wind out of heaven the thing came near.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
My heart fell and sunk with a reasonless, aimless pang.
From The First Violin A Novel by Fothergill, Jessie
I go there, I know, very much as a cat hangs about its home after its people have departed—that is to say, a little incredulously and with the gleam of a reasonless hope….
From Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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