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irrational.

Not rational; unfounded, nonsensical or wrong-headed.

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Meaning & usage

adj/ɪˈɹæʃ.(ə.)nəl/
  1. Not rational; unfounded, nonsensical or wrong-headed.

    an irrational decision
  2. Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.

    not-comparable
    The number π is irrational.
Where this word comes from

From Latin irratiōnālis, from ir- + ratiōnālis.

noun/ɪˈɹæʃ.(ə.)nəl/
  1. A real number that can not be expressed as the quotient of two integers, an irrational number.

Where this word comes from

From Latin irratiōnālis, from ir- + ratiōnālis.

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