Illogical - English meaning

adjective

Wrong; incorrect.

Usage examples:

Employers sometimes make erroneous assumptions

adjective

Based on false information and therefore wrong; false

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An erroneous assumption

adjective

Based on a mistaken belief.

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Fallacious arguments

adjective

Not correct

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His argument is based on fallacious reasoning.

adjective

Not working or made correctly; having defects.

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A faulty brake

adjective

Not working correctly, or not correct

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Faulty brakes, his arguments were based on faulty reasoning.

adjective

Not working correctly

Usage examples:

The company recalled over 500,000 cars last year because of a faulty connection in their new model.…

adjective

Having or characterized by a fundamental weakness or imperfection.

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A fatally flawed strategy

verb

Mar, weaken, or invalidate (something).

Usage examples:

The computer game was flawed by poor programming

adjective

Having or containing one or more faults, mistakes, or weaknesses

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Don't rush to another flawed conclusion., badly/deeply/seriously flawed these results were the outc…

adjective

Not based on any good reason.

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Your fears are quite groundless

adjective

Without a reason, cause, or argument

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Your concerns are groundless.

adjective

Not staying the same throughout.

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The quality of the material was often inconsistent

adjective

Not in accordance with fact; wrong.

Usage examples:

The doctor gave you incorrect advice

adjective

Exhibiting (or failing to exhibit) political correctness.

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It is not politically correct to laugh at speech impediments

adjective

Not correct; not accurate

Usage examples:

He charged that the news story was factually incorrect and demanded an apology., for each question …

noun

A person made weak or disabled by illness or injury.

Usage examples:

She spent the rest of her life as an invalid

verb

Remove (someone) from active service in the armed forces because of injury or illness.

Usage examples:

He was badly wounded and invalided out of the infantry

adjective

(of an official document or procedure) not legally recognized because it contravenes a regulation or law.

Usage examples:

The will was declared invalid and the children were entitled to the estate

adjective

Not logical or reasonable.

Usage examples:

Irrational feelings of hostility

noun

An irrational number or quantity; a surd.

Usage examples:

Eudoxus's definition of equal ratios corresponds exactly to the modern theory of irrationals.

adjective

Not based on reason or clear thinking; not reasonable

Usage examples:

One of her main themes is the irrational nature of love.

adjective

Not being what it purports to be; false or fake.

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Separating authentic and spurious claims

adjective

Having no foundation or basis in fact.

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Her fear that she had cancer was unfounded

adjective

(of a claim or piece of news) not based on fact; untrue

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Unfounded rumors

adjective

If a claim or piece of news is unfounded, it is not based on fact

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Our fears about the weather proved totally unfounded.

adjective

Not able to be shown to be right or reasonable.

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An unjustifiable restriction on their freedom

adjective

Unacceptable and wrong because there is no good or fair reason for it

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His behaviour was unjustifiable., unjustifiable expense

adjective

Not shown to be right or reasonable.

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Unjustified price increases

adjective

Not guided by or based on good sense.

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She knew she was being unreasonable, but she resented his domesticity

adjective

Not based on or using good judgment; not fair

Usage examples:

It’s unreasonable to expect him to work every weekend., he thinks the cops acted unreasonably.

adjective

Not fair or acceptable

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A merchant is not required to satisfy a customer's unreasonable demands., be unreasonable for sb/st…

adjective

Not based on good sense or logic.

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An unreasoned reaction to the idea

adjective

Not in accordance with scientific principles or methodology.

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Our whole approach is hopelessly unscientific

adjective

Not obeying scientific methods or principles

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I carried out a highly unscientific study of several friends who had recently become parents., my g…

adjective

Not safe or robust; in poor condition.

Usage examples:

The tower is structurally unsound

adjective

(esp. of activities) not suitable or acceptable

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He was involved in unsound banking practices., the bridge is structurally unsound.

adjective

Not correct or true; incorrect.

Usage examples:

That is the wrong answer

adverb

In an unsuitable or undesirable manner or direction.

Usage examples:

What am i doing wrong?

noun

An unjust, dishonest, or immoral act.

Usage examples:

I have done you a great wrong