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Meaning of 'irrational' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Irrational [ a.]
- Not rational; void of reason or understanding; as, brutes are irrational animals.
- Not according to reason; absurd; foolish.
- Not capable of being exactly expressed by an integral number, or by a vulgar fraction; surd; -- said especially of roots. See Surd.

Meaning of 'irrational' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . irrational [ a]
Meaning (1):
- not consistent with or using reason
Example in sentence:
  • irrational animals;
  • irrational fears
Meaning (2):
- real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers
Example in sentence:
  • irrational numbers

Nearby Words:

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