reasonless

[ ree-zuhn-lis ]

adjective

1. not having any reason or sense:

   an utterly reasonless display of anger.

2. not having a natural capacity for reason.

Other Words From

• reason·less·ly adverb
• reason·less·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of reasonless¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, reasonless is from the Middle English word resonles. See reason, -less

Example Sentences

Therefore, some reasonable scheme appears more likely than a reasonless one.

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At first, no doubt, it was a chaos of streets and people and buildings and reasonless going to and fro.

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Not a building was still whole; what had not been torn down in pointless rage had been razed by reasonless arson.

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Each of us is conscious at times of sudden revolts against virtue, sudden reasonless impulses for evil.

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If at the moment it was the effect of a quite reasonless panic, he decided later that it was because he wished to think.

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Related Words

• absurd
• arbitrary
• biased
• contradictory
• foolish
• illogical
• inconsistent
• irrational
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• silly
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