IRRATIONAL in a Sentence
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12 example sentences for IRRATIONAL, such as:
1. The rational and the irrational complement each other.
2. A duel is quite irrational, and no one expects it of me.
3. Such irrationality has its roots in unconscionable prejudice.
4. We know that markets can get swept away in irrational waves of optimism and pessimism.
5. In giving and accepting battle at Borodino, Kutuzov acted involuntarily and irrationally.
2. A duel is quite irrational, and no one expects it of me.
3. Such irrationality has its roots in unconscionable prejudice.
4. We know that markets can get swept away in irrational waves of optimism and pessimism.
5. In giving and accepting battle at Borodino, Kutuzov acted involuntarily and irrationally.
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Meanings and Examples of IRRATIONAL
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irrational
n. a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number
a. real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers
Classic Sentence:
1 No," said he, "I never said any thing so irrational.
2 A duel is quite irrational, and no one expects it of me.
3 Usually it loiters; but just when one has come to count upon its slowness, it may suddenly break into a wild irrational gallop.
4 All that sounded extravagant or irrational in the progress of the reconciliation might have no origin but in the language of the relators.
5 He had ceased drinking at a point below irrationality, and had neither stirred nor spoken during two or three hours.
6 He was irrationally jealous over his daughters, especially over Kitty, who was his favorite.
7 He did not know why he was so irrationally happy, for nothing was changed in his life or hers.
8 In giving and accepting battle at Borodino, Kutuzov acted involuntarily and irrationally.
Example Sentence:
1 We know that markets can get swept away in irrational waves of optimism and pessimism.
2 The rational and the irrational complement each other.
3 Such irrationality has its roots in unconscionable prejudice.
4 Thus in Britain the grounds for review are summarized as illegality, irrationality or procedural impropriety by the public agency being challenged.