unreasonable, unresonable, unresounable

[Pref. un- (1), and Eng. reasonable.] 1. Not reasonable; exceeding the bounds of reason; exorbitant, immoderate, extravagant. "The pretense was unreasonable." -Macaulay. Hist. Eng., ch. xvi. 2. Not according to reason; absurd. "The near neighborhood of unreasonable and imprac ticable virtue." -Macaulay : Hist . Eng., ch. xiii. 3. Not listening to or acting according to reason. "Never did they, even when most angry and unreasonable, fail to keep his secrets."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng., ch. xvi. *4. Not endowed with reason; irrational. " Unreasonable creatures feed their young." Shakesp.: Henry VI . , Pt . III ., ii. 1. un-rēaş-on-a-ble-ne , * un-res-on-a-blene , s. [Eng. unreasonable ; -ne .] 1. The quality or state of being unreasonable; unwillingne to listen to or act according to reason. "The malignity of its enemies, the unreasonablenesa of its friends." -Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xv. 2. Exorbitance, extravagance. 3. Inconsistency with reason; absurdity. un-rēaş-on-a-bly, *un-res-on-a-bly, adverb . [Eng. unreasonab ( le ); -ly .] In an unreasonable manner or degree; exce ively, extravagantly, immoderately, foolishly. "Unreasonably incredulous about plots."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xviii. ŭn-rēaş'-oned, a. [Prefix un- (1), and English reasoned.] 1. Not reasoned or argued. 2. Not derived from or founded on reason; unreasonable. "Old prejudices and unreasoned habits." Burker French Revolution. ŭn-rēaş-on-ing, adj. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. reasoning.] 1. Not reasoning; not having reasoning faculties; acting without consideration. 2. Characterized by want of reason; foolish. *ŭn-rēave', v . t . [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. reave .] To unravel, to unwind, to undo. "The work that she all day did make, The same at night she did unreave." Spenser: Sonnet 23. *ŭn-rēaved', a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. reaved .] Not taken or pulled to pieces. "Tight and unreaved."- Bp . Hall : Balm of Gilead , § 9. *ŭn-rě-bāt-ed, a . [Pref. un- (1), and English rebated .] Not blunted; sharp. "Fighting with unrebated swords."-P. Holland: Pliny, bk.xxxv., ch. vii. un-rě-būk-a-ble, * un-rě-būke-a-ble, adj . [ Pref . un- (1), and Eng. rebukable .] Not liable or open to rebuke; not deserving of rebuke or censure; blamele . "Be wythout spot & vnrebukable ."-1 Timothe . (1551). ŭn-rě-büked', adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. rebuked.] Not rebuked or censured. "To suffer whoredom to be unrebuked."- Homilies; Against Adultery. *un-re-call-a-ble, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. recallable. Incapable of being recalled, revoked, annulled, or recanted. "That which is done is unrecallable." - Feltham: Re solves, pt. i., res. 89. ŭn-rě-câlled', adj. [Pref. un- (1), and English recalled. Not recalled; not called back or restrained. "And give us up to license, unrecalled, Unmarked." Young: Night Thoughts , ii. 260. *un-re-call-ing, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. ŭn-rē'-al-ized, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. real. recalling.] Not to be recalled; past recall. ized.] Not realized. "The curtain falls on expectation unrealized ."-London Daily Telegraph .